Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Technology and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.27% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA), which rose 3.94% or 0.570 points to trade at 15.050 at the close. Banca Popolare dell’Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) added 2.09% or 0.098 points to end at 4.784 and Recordati (MI:RECI) was up 1.42% or 0.54 points to 38.46 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP), which lost 2.70% or 0.85 points to trade at 30.60 in late trade. Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) declined 1.56% or 0.36 points to end at 22.77 and Snam (MI:SRG) shed 1.06% or 0.044 points to 4.116.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 185 to 174 and 21 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.14% or 0.07 to $50.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.35% or 0.20 to hit $56.63 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.34% or 4.42 to trade at $1299.22 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.09% to 1.1953, while EUR/GBP rose 0.53% to 0.8839.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 91.92.