Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Travel & Leisure and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP), which rose 3.70% or 0.92 points to trade at 25.81 at the close. Generali (MI:GASI) added 3.11% or 0.35 points to end at 11.60 and Italgas SpA (MI:IG) was up 1.58% or 0.05 points to 3.34 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS), which lost 13.08% or 0.0301 points to trade at 0.2000 in late trade. Saipem (MI:SPMI) declined 2.60% or 0.0107 points to end at 0.4010 and Mediobanca (MI:MDBI) shed 1.35% or 0.085 points to 6.200.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 216 to 185 and 22 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 3.23% or 1.55 to $46.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 3.02% or 1.48 to hit $47.52 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.77% or 9.15 to trade at $1180.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.44% to 1.0600, while EUR/GBP rose 0.31% to 0.8505.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 101.49.