Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Industrials and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI), which rose 2.47% or 0.18 points to trade at 7.69 at the close. Freni Brembo SpA (MI:BRBI) added 2.19% or 0.20 points to end at 9.32 and Terna (MI:TRN) was up 1.97% or 0.096 points to 4.959 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Prysmian (MI:PRY), which lost 2.74% or 0.46 points to trade at 16.14 in late trade. Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI) declined 2.59% or 0.0680 points to end at 2.5600 and Bper Banca SpA (MI:EMII) shed 1.81% or 0.062 points to 3.356.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 206 to 152 and 29 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.53% or 0.30 to $56.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.32% or 0.21 to hit $66.41 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.98% or 23.80 to trade at $1223.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.80% to 1.1419, while EUR/GBP rose 0.21% to 0.8889.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 96.27.