Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Utilities, Travel & Leisure and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.78%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were UBI Banca (MI:UBI), which rose 1.85% or 0.0400 points to trade at 2.2060 at the close. STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) added 1.43% or 0.105 points to end at 7.430 and Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) was up 1.25% or 0.0021 points to 0.1700 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mediaset (MI:MS), which lost 2.24% or 0.062 points to trade at 2.700 in late trade. FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (MI:FBK) declined 2.23% or 0.12 points to end at 5.04 and Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) shed 2.21% or 0.34 points to 15.01.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 291 to 112 and 22 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.61% or 0.81 to $49.63 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.81% or 0.95 to hit $51.56 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.13% or 1.60 to trade at $1251.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.1152, while EUR/GBP rose 1.48% to 0.8969.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.20% at 96.85.