Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Travel & Leisure and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.04% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Telecom Italia (BIT:TLIT), which rose 2.69% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.26 at the close. Iveco Group NV (BIT:IVG) added 2.41% or 0.23 points to end at 9.95 and Bper Banca SpA (BIT:EMII) was up 1.67% or 0.10 points to 6.22 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Brunello Cucinelli (BIT:BCU), which lost 1.89% or 2.00 points to trade at 104.10 in late trade. Moncler SpA (BIT:MONC) declined 1.84% or 0.96 points to end at 51.34 and Amplifon (BIT:AMPF) shed 1.29% or 0.33 points to 25.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 301 to 229 and 55 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.60% or 1.12 to $71.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.32% or 0.97 to hit $74.38 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 1.11% or 29.95 to trade at $2,679.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.27% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP rose 0.65% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 106.71.