Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Oil & Gas and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 0.89%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were DiaSorin SpA (BIT:DIAS), which rose 0.93% or 0.95 points to trade at 102.75 at the close. Amplifon (BIT:AMPF) added 0.81% or 0.24 points to end at 30.01 and Prysmian SpA (BIT:PRY) was up 0.59% or 0.36 points to 61.06 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nexi SpA (BIT:NEXII), which lost 3.81% or 0.22 points to trade at 5.66 in late trade. STMicroelectronics (BIT:STMMI) declined 2.98% or 1.13 points to end at 36.78 and Iveco Group NV (BIT:IVG) shed 2.77% or 0.33 points to 11.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 338 to 139 and 51 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.85% or 1.50 to $79.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.53% or 1.30 to hit $83.81 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 2.10% or 51.50 to trade at $2,404.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.07% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.10% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 104.03.