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Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Industrials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 1.23% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Italgas SpA (BIT:IG), which rose 1.09% or 0.08 points to trade at 6.97 at the close. Eni SpA (BIT:ENI) added 1.04% or 0.14 points to end at 14.00 and A2A SpA (BIT:A2) was up 0.90% or 0.02 points to 2.36 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nexi SpA (BIT:NEXII), which lost 4.93% or 0.25 points to trade at 4.84 in late trade. Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT:CPRI) declined 3.40% or 0.20 points to end at 5.63 and Stellantis NV (BIT:STLAM) shed 3.39% or 0.30 points to 8.48.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 436 to 142 and 47 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 5.53% or 3.76 to $71.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 5.48% or 3.80 to hit $73.16 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.25% or 42.50 to trade at $3,444.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.24% to 1.16, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.02% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 98.07.