Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemicals, Industrials and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Recordati (MI:RECI), which rose 3.90% or 1.17 points to trade at 31.20 at the close. Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI) added 1.46% or 0.11 points to end at 7.64 and Snam (MI:SRG) was up 0.93% or 0.034 points to 3.692 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU), which lost 3.57% or 0.71 points to trade at 19.20 in late trade. Ferrari NV (MI:RACE) declined 2.40% or 2.95 points to end at 119.80 and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) shed 2.31% or 0.388 points to 16.416.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 222 to 120 and 39 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.06% or 0.04 to $68.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.37% or 0.27 to hit $72.85 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.43% or 5.30 to trade at $1229.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.52% to 1.1703, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.8928.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.60% at 94.41.