Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Financials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI), which rose 3.62% or 0.355 points to trade at 10.155 at the close. Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) added 1.51% or 0.55 points to end at 36.95 and Italgas SpA (MI:IG) was up 1.44% or 0.076 points to 5.340 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA), which lost 2.81% or 0.548 points to trade at 18.984 in late trade. UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI) declined 1.51% or 0.2740 points to end at 17.9000 and Exor NV (MI:EXOR) shed 1.47% or 0.92 points to 61.58.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 182 to 151 and 38 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.04% or 0.03 to $68.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.08% or 0.06 to hit $74.80 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.44% or 5.80 to trade at $1323.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.2108, while EUR/GBP rose 1.05% to 0.8787.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 91.43.