Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Financials, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 1.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF), which rose 3.81% or 0.450 points to trade at 12.250 at the close. Enel (MI:ENEI) added 0.65% or 0.026 points to end at 4.000 and A2A (MI:A2) was up 0.63% or 0.008 points to 1.275 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saipem (MI:SPMI), which lost 6.80% or 0.0307 points to trade at 0.4207 in late trade. Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) declined 6.65% or 0.154 points to end at 2.162 and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) shed 3.15% or 0.330 points to 10.150.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 253 to 89 and 14 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.73% or 0.40 to $54.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.78% or 0.44 to hit $56.14 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.48% or 6.05 to trade at $1257.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.0579, while EUR/GBP rose 0.49% to 0.8468.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 100.99.