Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Utilities and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Tenaris SA (BIT:TENR), which rose 2.35% or 0.33 points to trade at 14.35 at the close. STMicroelectronics (BIT:STMMI) added 1.57% or 0.57 points to end at 36.88 and Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (BIT:UNPI) was up 1.37% or 0.13 points to 9.28 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Brunello Cucinelli (BIT:BCU), which lost 3.66% or 3.55 points to trade at 93.50 in late trade. Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale SpA (BIT:TRN) declined 1.66% or 0.12 points to end at 7.22 and Bper Banca SpA (BIT:EMII) shed 1.65% or 0.08 points to 4.72.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 258 to 214 and 56 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.10% or 0.08 to $81.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.12% or 0.10 to hit $85.16 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.19% or 4.55 to trade at $2,341.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.10% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.11% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 105.54.