Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 3.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI), which rose 6.47% or 0.2160 points to trade at 3.5520 at the close. CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) added 5.97% or 0.462 points to end at 8.196 and UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI) was up 5.96% or 0.5740 points to 10.2080 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Amplifon (MI:AMPF), which lost 0.69% or 0.100 points to trade at 14.400 in late trade. Juventus Football Club (MI:JUVE) added 0.08% or 0.0010 points to end at 1.1830 and Italgas SpA (MI:IG) gained 0.82% or 0.042 points to 5.162.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 286 to 80 and 18 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.76% or 0.83 to $47.92 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.91% or 1.07 to hit $57.02 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.63% or 8.10 to trade at $1286.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.06% to 1.1399, while EUR/GBP fell 0.65% to 0.8960.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 95.762.