Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Financials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Popolare Milano (MI:PMII), which rose 6.95% or 0.0232 points to trade at 0.3572 at the close. Banco Popolare (MI:BAPO) added 4.28% or 0.086 points to end at 2.096 and STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) was up 3.57% or 0.250 points to 7.250 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Luxottica Group (MI:LUX), which lost 1.35% or 0.58 points to trade at 42.52 in late trade. Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) declined 1.17% or 0.0022 points to end at 0.1861 and Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) shed 1.13% or 0.15 points to 13.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 214 to 199 and 30 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.54% or 0.26 to $48.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.42% or 0.21 to hit $50.02 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.38% or 5.05 to trade at $1320.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.17% to 1.1238, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.8649.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.09% at 95.34.