Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals, Travel & Leisure and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were UnipolSai Assicurazioni SpA (MI:US), which rose 2.92% or 0.057 points to trade at 2.009 at the close. Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI) added 2.86% or 0.20 points to end at 7.38 and Bper Banca SpA (MI:EMII) was up 1.97% or 0.092 points to 4.768 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pirelli & C SPA (MI:PIRC), which lost 2.19% or 0.16 points to trade at 7.14 in late trade. Mediobanca (MI:MDBI) declined 1.58% or 0.130 points to end at 8.102 and Banca Generali (MI:BGN) shed 1.52% or 0.34 points to 21.96.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 199 to 154 and 33 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.19% or 0.87 to $73.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.25% or 0.19 to hit $77.20 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.27% or 3.40 to trade at $1255.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.39% to 1.1736, while EUR/GBP rose 0.03% to 0.8847.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 93.80.