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 gained 0.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI), which rose 6.16% or 0.162 points to trade at 2.792 at the close. Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (MI:UNPI) added 2.63% or 0.108 points to end at 4.220 and Recordati (MI:RECI) was up 2.53% or 0.90 points to 36.49 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Prysmian (MI:PRY), which lost 2.83% or 0.73 points to trade at 25.07 in late trade. Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) declined 2.07% or 0.51 points to end at 24.10 and Tenaris (MI:TENR) shed 1.25% or 0.18 points to 14.23.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 196 to 166 and 12 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.38% or 0.18 to $47.65 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.20% or 0.10 to hit $50.67 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.32% or 3.86 to trade at $1228.06 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.52% to 1.0918, while EUR/GBP rose 0.66% to 0.8485.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 99.16.