Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Travel & Leisure, Healthcare and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF), which rose 2.02% or 0.220 points to trade at 11.100 at the close. Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) added 2.01% or 0.48 points to end at 24.40 and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) was up 1.96% or 0.380 points to 19.800 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT), which lost 1.11% or 0.21 points to trade at 18.76 in late trade. Banca Generali (MI:BGN) declined 0.78% or 0.24 points to end at 30.60 and Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) shed 0.76% or 0.0055 points to 0.7205.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 254 to 105 and 31 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.87% or 0.57 to $66.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.11% or 0.08 to hit $70.50 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.81% or 11.10 to trade at $1351.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.2422, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.8761.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 88.86.