Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the FTSE Italia Telecommunications, FTSE Italia Utilities and FTSE Italia Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 lost 0.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Leonardo SpA (BIT:LDOF), which rose 1.81% or 0.43 points to trade at 24.17 at the close. Recordati (BIT:RECI) added 0.93% or 0.46 points to end at 49.70 and Amplifon (BIT:AMPF) was up 0.92% or 0.31 points to 34.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hera (BIT:HRA), which fell 2.31% or 0.08 points to trade at 3.38 in late trade. A2A SpA (BIT:A2) declined 2.25% or 0.05 points to end at 1.93 and Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (BIT:UNPI) down 2.14% or 0.20 points to 9.15.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 279 to 227 and 43 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
Shares in Leonardo SpA (BIT:LDOF) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 1.81% or 0.43 to 24.17.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.23% or 0.17 to $75.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.43% or 0.34 to hit $79.53 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 2.82% or 67.40 to trade at $2,323.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.73% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.24% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.73% at 104.82.