Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemicals, Healthcare and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.98%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST), which rose 1.01% or 0.060 points to trade at 6.025 at the close. Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) added 0.45% or 0.08 points to end at 18.05 and Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (MI:UNPI) was up 0.21% or 0.008 points to 3.874 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banca Popolare dell’Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII), which lost 2.68% or 0.130 points to trade at 4.720 in late trade. Recordati (MI:RECI) declined 2.66% or 0.97 points to end at 35.51 and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) shed 2.62% or 0.270 points to 10.030.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 268 to 86 and 18 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 2.45% or 1.15 to $45.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 2.31% or 1.14 to hit $48.16 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.55% or 6.82 to trade at $1252.32 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.22% to 1.1658, while EUR/GBP rose 0.23% to 0.8987.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 93.84.