Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Travel & Leisure and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 1.26% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Mediaset SpA (MI:MS), which rose 1.43% or 0.039 points to trade at 2.757 at the close. Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) added 1.33% or 0.48 points to end at 36.64 and A2A (MI:A2) was up 0.73% or 0.011 points to 1.511 in late trade.
Biggest losers included STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which lost 4.92% or 0.785 points to trade at 15.180 in late trade. Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) declined 4.38% or 0.2380 points to end at 5.1920 and Banca Generali (MI:BGN) shed 3.34% or 0.76 points to 21.98.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 298 to 71 and 21 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.46% or 0.34 to $74.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.17% or 0.14 to hit $84.72 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.27% or 3.30 to trade at $1204.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1510, while EUR/GBP fell 0.59% to 0.8790.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 95.39.