Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Technology and Chemicals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 1.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Mediobanca (MI:MDBI), which rose 0.59% or 0.058 points to trade at 9.946 at the close. Ferrari NV (MI:RACE) added 0.58% or 0.60 points to end at 103.80 and Bper Banca SpA (MI:EMII) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to 4.661 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tenaris (MI:TENR), which lost 3.17% or 0.45 points to trade at 13.75 in late trade. STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) declined 2.99% or 0.570 points to end at 18.490 and Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) shed 2.69% or 0.72 points to 26.02.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 295 to 65 and 34 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.50% or 0.99 to $64.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 2.11% or 1.47 to hit $68.18 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.04% or 14.00 to trade at $1333.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.50% to 1.2452, while EUR/GBP rose 0.46% to 0.8810.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.66% at 89.06.