Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemicals, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Mediaset (MI:MS), which rose 2.33% or 0.090 points to trade at 3.948 at the close. UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI) added 2.14% or 0.2700 points to end at 12.9000 and Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST) was up 0.75% or 0.045 points to 6.055 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII), which lost 3.10% or 0.144 points to trade at 4.500 in late trade. UBI Banca (MI:UBI) declined 2.05% or 0.0640 points to end at 3.0600 and Saipem (MI:SPMI) shed 1.99% or 0.0094 points to 0.4625.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 218 to 123 and 12 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.47% or 0.25 to $53.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.22% or 0.12 to hit $55.53 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 1.75 to trade at $1239.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.50% to 1.0621, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8548.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 100.83.