Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals, Financials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.93%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI), which rose 2.87% or 0.4800 points to trade at 17.2200 at the close. Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) added 2.34% or 0.072 points to end at 3.144 and Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) was up 2.15% or 0.36 points to 17.08 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER), which lost 0.89% or 0.20 points to trade at 22.22 in late trade. Exor NV (MI:EXOR) declined 0.67% or 0.35 points to end at 52.00 and Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST) shed 0.48% or 0.030 points to 6.210.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 232 to 137 and 18 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.18% or 0.09 to $51.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.16% or 0.09 to hit $57.14 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.62% or 8.04 to trade at $1281.96 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.63% to 1.1777, while EUR/GBP fell 0.85% to 0.8930.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.61% at 93.57.