Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 1.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Generali (MI:GASI), which rose 1.43% or 0.17 points to trade at 12.04 at the close. A2A (MI:A2) added 0.24% or 0.003 points to end at 1.255 and STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) was up 0.22% or 0.015 points to 6.790 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST), which lost 2.98% or 0.190 points to trade at 6.195 in late trade. Recordati (MI:RECI) declined 2.80% or 0.77 points to end at 26.77 and Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) shed 2.66% or 0.49 points to 17.95.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 278 to 129 and 24 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.94% or 1.40 to $46.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 3.24% or 1.62 to hit $48.37 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.44% or 5.95 to trade at $1335.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.44% to 1.1210, while EUR/GBP fell 0.17% to 0.8454.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.45% at 95.47.