Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Travel & Leisure sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.20% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Pirelli & C SPA (MI:PIRC), which rose 1.54% or 0.11 points to trade at 7.26 at the close. Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) added 1.10% or 0.25 points to end at 23.04 and Prysmian (MI:PRY) was up 0.98% or 0.24 points to 24.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT), which lost 3.30% or 0.58 points to trade at 17.17 in late trade. Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) declined 1.44% or 0.0124 points to end at 0.8488 and STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) shed 1.32% or 0.245 points to 18.270.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 176 to 157 and 45 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.67% or 0.45 to $67.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.96% or 0.69 to hit $72.71 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.54% or 7.30 to trade at $1349.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.2331, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8650.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 89.49.