Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Industrials, Travel & Leisure and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Terna (MI:TRN), which rose 0.98% or 0.050 points to trade at 5.152 at the close. Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST) added 0.93% or 0.064 points to end at 6.930 and Mediobanca Banca di Credito Finanziario SpA (MI:MDBI) was up 0.90% or 0.068 points to 7.622 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pirelli & C SPA (MI:PIRC), which lost 2.63% or 0.16 points to trade at 5.85 in late trade. Tenaris (MI:TENR) declined 2.25% or 0.23 points to end at 10.00 and Ferrari NV (MI:RACE) shed 2.23% or 2.06 points to 90.34.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 240 to 116 and 23 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 2.83% or 1.49 to $51.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 2.10% or 1.29 to hit $60.16 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.30% or 3.80 to trade at $1243.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.51% to 1.1303, while EUR/GBP rose 0.21% to 0.8992.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 97.463.