Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemicals, Travel & Leisure and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF), which rose 1.15% or 0.160 points to trade at 14.030 at the close. Generali (MI:GASI) added 0.99% or 0.14 points to end at 14.25 and A2A (MI:A2) was up 0.98% or 0.013 points to 1.335 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banca Generali (MI:BGN), which lost 2.24% or 0.57 points to trade at 24.93 in late trade. Atlantia (MI:ATL) declined 2.04% or 0.46 points to end at 22.14 and Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) shed 2.01% or 0.55 points to 26.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 215 to 129 and 15 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 2.72% or 1.38 to $49.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 2.43% or 1.29 to hit $51.70 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.29% or 3.70 to trade at $1287.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.29% to 1.0686, while EUR/GBP fell 0.14% to 0.8354.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 99.90.