Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals, Industrials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the FTSE MIB gained 1.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE MIB were CNH Industrial NV (MILAN:CNHI), which rose 5.64% or 0.430 points to trade at 8.050 at the close. Banca Popolare Milano (MILAN:PMII) added 2.78% or 0.0255 points to end at 0.9440 and Finmeccanica (MILAN:SIFI) was up 2.27% or 0.250 points to 11.270 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Salvatore Ferragamo (MILAN:SFER), which lost 1.25% or 0.34 points to trade at 26.91 in late trade. Terna (MILAN:TRN) declined 0.81% or 0.034 points to end at 4.148 and Tenaris (MILAN:TENR) shed 0.81% or 0.10 points to 12.32.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 312 to 148 and 6 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 2.09% or 1.27 to $59.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 2.53% or 1.62 to hit $62.63 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.02% or 0.20 to trade at $1202.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.22% to 1.1339, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.7143.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 94.39.