Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Travel & Leisure, Telecoms and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.48% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Popolare di Sondrio ScpA (BIT:BPSI), which rose 2.72% or 0.19 points to trade at 6.99 at the close. Bper Banca SpA (BIT:EMII) added 2.43% or 0.12 points to end at 5.06 and Iveco Group NV (BIT:IVG) was up 1.97% or 0.18 points to 9.52 in late trade.
Biggest losers included DiaSorin SpA (BIT:DIAS), which lost 1.56% or 1.65 points to trade at 104.00 in late trade. Amplifon (BIT:AMPF) declined 1.35% or 0.40 points to end at 29.13 and Eni SpA (BIT:ENI) shed 0.89% or 0.13 points to 14.67.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 264 to 198 and 51 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.41% or 1.83 to $74.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.89% or 1.49 to hit $77.33 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.92% or 23.65 to trade at $2,536.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.17% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.11% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 101.57.