Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Financials, Utilities and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 1.81% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which rose 1.95% or 0.170 points to trade at 8.870 at the close. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) added 0.57% or 0.040 points to end at 7.045 and Campari (MI:CPRI) was up 0.45% or 0.04 points to 8.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banca Popolare Milano (MI:PMII), which lost 5.22% or 0.0168 points to trade at 0.3052 in late trade. Banco Popolare (MI:BAPO) declined 5.10% or 0.104 points to end at 1.934 and Mediobanca (MI:MDBI) shed 4.04% or 0.275 points to 6.530.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 302 to 111 and 20 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.13% or 0.06 to $45.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.15% or 0.07 to hit $46.56 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.68% or 8.25 to trade at $1208.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.28% to 1.0594, while EUR/GBP rose 0.40% to 0.8591.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.33% at 101.33.