Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Travel & Leisure and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI), which rose 3.48% or 0.1570 points to trade at 4.6700 at the close. STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) added 1.86% or 0.290 points to end at 15.895 and Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) was up 1.85% or 0.69 points to 37.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Recordati (MI:RECI), which lost 2.06% or 0.63 points to trade at 29.97 in late trade. Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) declined 0.90% or 0.0048 points to end at 0.5286 and Atlantia (MI:ATL) shed 0.53% or 0.10 points to 17.82.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 189 to 163 and 38 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.71% or 0.49 to $69.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.13% or 0.10 to hit $78.28 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.70% or 8.50 to trade at $1199.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.49% to 1.1633, while EUR/GBP fell 0.21% to 0.8900.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 94.92.