Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Travel & Leisure and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 2.10% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI), which rose 6.29% or 0.345 points to trade at 5.830 at the close. Banca Mediolanum SpA (MI:BMED) added 3.67% or 0.215 points to end at 6.075 and Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) was up 3.51% or 0.0200 points to 0.5900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Finmeccanica (MI:SIFI), which lost 5.91% or 0.605 points to trade at 9.635 in late trade. Banca Popolare Milano (MI:PMII) declined 5.75% or 0.0405 points to end at 0.6635 and Banco Popolare (MI:BAPO) shed 5.67% or 0.4600 points to 7.6500.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 298 to 120 and 14 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.28% or 0.41 to $31.32 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.46% or 0.16 to hit $34.30 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.03% or 0.30 to trade at $1157.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.65% to 1.1134, while EUR/GBP rose 0.22% to 0.7701.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.65% at 97.14.