Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Travel & Leisure and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Bper Banca SpA (MI:EMII), which rose 5.86% or 0.242 points to trade at 4.372 at the close. Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) added 4.81% or 0.130 points to end at 2.830 and Mediaset (MI:MS) was up 4.10% or 0.126 points to 3.202 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI), which lost 2.72% or 0.0960 points to trade at 3.4280 in late trade. Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF) declined 1.43% or 0.150 points to end at 10.370 and Italgas SpA (MI:IG) shed 1.35% or 0.070 points to 5.130.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 202 to 159 and 14 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.48% or 0.86 to $58.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.17% or 0.11 to hit $63.66 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 4.44 to trade at $1287.76 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.72% to 1.1936, while EUR/GBP rose 0.54% to 0.8951.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 92.66.
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