Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Telecoms and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were STMicroelectronics (BIT:STMMI), which rose 2.22% or 0.85 points to trade at 38.92 at the close. FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (BIT:FBK) added 1.30% or 0.19 points to end at 14.82 and Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT:CPRI) was up 1.28% or 0.11 points to 8.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Amplifon (BIT:AMPF), which lost 6.49% or 2.16 points to trade at 31.12 in late trade. Telecom Italia (BIT:TLIT) declined 3.08% or 0.01 points to end at 0.23 and Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (BIT:BMPS) shed 1.93% or 0.10 points to 4.84.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 243 to 240 and 57 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.39% or 0.33 to $84.21 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.23% or 0.20 to hit $87.63 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.06% or 25.05 to trade at $2,394.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.16% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.21% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 104.63.