Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Industrials, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banco Popolare (MI:BAPO), which rose 4.29% or 0.2250 points to trade at 5.4750 at the close. Tenaris (MI:TENR) added 2.77% or 0.3100 points to end at 11.5200 and Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) was up 2.37% or 0.0150 points to 0.6480 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI), which lost 2.84% or 0.180 points to trade at 6.150 in late trade. Finmeccanica (MI:SIFI) declined 2.81% or 0.300 points to end at 10.390 and Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) shed 2.61% or 0.62 points to 23.11.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 245 to 152 and 17 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.04% or 0.46 to $44.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.22% or 0.55 to hit $45.56 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 1.80% or 22.85 to trade at $1295.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.1425, while EUR/GBP rose 0.42% to 0.7907.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 93.64.