Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which rose 5.51% or 0.440 points to trade at 8.420 at the close. CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) added 2.16% or 0.150 points to end at 7.105 and Luxottica Group (MI:LUX) was up 1.71% or 0.76 points to 45.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS), which lost 3.85% or 0.0105 points to trade at 0.2625 in late trade. Recordati (MI:RECI) declined 3.14% or 0.84 points to end at 25.94 and Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) shed 2.88% or 0.44 points to 14.86.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 231 to 164 and 36 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.19% or 0.59 to $49.13 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.13% or 0.57 to hit $49.90 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.14% or 1.75 to trade at $1271.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.44% to 1.0945, while EUR/GBP rose 0.50% to 0.9004.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 98.64.