Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemicals, Telecoms and Travel & Leisure sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.53% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Exor NV (MI:EXOR), which rose 2.01% or 1.05 points to trade at 53.20 at the close. FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (MI:FBK) added 1.60% or 0.12 points to end at 7.92 and Tenaris (MI:TENR) was up 1.42% or 0.17 points to 12.13 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banca Mediolanum SpA (MI:BMED), which lost 1.98% or 0.145 points to trade at 7.175 in late trade. Recordati (MI:RECI) declined 1.55% or 0.60 points to end at 38.04 and Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) shed 1.52% or 0.0105 points to 0.6790.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 194 to 159 and 20 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 2.10% or 1.16 to $56.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.78% or 1.09 to hit $62.45 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.87% or 11.12 to trade at $1289.32 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.1791, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.8922.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 93.62.