Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemicals, Financials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI), which rose 2.70% or 0.18 points to trade at 6.86 at the close. STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) added 2.54% or 0.520 points to end at 20.960 and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) was up 2.42% or 0.370 points to 15.660 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Atlantia (MI:ATL), which lost 2.97% or 0.84 points to trade at 27.47 in late trade. Bper Banca SpA (MI:EMII) declined 2.54% or 0.110 points to end at 4.214 and UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI) shed 2.21% or 0.3700 points to 16.3900.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 189 to 178 and 15 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.86% or 0.47 to $55.01 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.01% or 0.61 to hit $61.23 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.70% or 8.90 to trade at $1269.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.46% to 1.1604, while EUR/GBP fell 0.56% to 0.8877.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 94.89.