Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 declined 2.14% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT), which rose 3.01% or 0.61 points to trade at 20.86 at the close. Anima Holding SpA (MI:ANIM) added 2.33% or 0.15 points to end at 6.58 and Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) was up 0.92% or 0.14 points to 15.33 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA), which lost 4.86% or 0.3450 points to trade at 6.7550 in late trade. Banco Popolare (MI:BAPO) declined 4.63% or 0.2800 points to end at 5.7650 and CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) shed 4.35% or 0.260 points to 5.715.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 289 to 122 and 14 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 3.73% or 1.43 to $36.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 3.97% or 1.60 to hit $38.73 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.55% or 19.20 to trade at $1216.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.14% to 1.1397, while EUR/GBP rose 1.14% to 0.8015.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.04% at 94.61.