Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Industrials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.57%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Prysmian (MI:PRY), which rose 3.12% or 0.81 points to trade at 26.78 at the close. Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) added 2.41% or 0.0800 points to end at 3.4000 and CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) was up 1.99% or 0.205 points to 10.505 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT), which lost 2.95% or 0.51 points to trade at 16.62 in late trade. Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) declined 1.95% or 0.44 points to end at 22.16 and Pirelli & C SPA (MI:PIRC) shed 0.71% or 0.05 points to 6.96.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 195 to 156 and 37 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.53% or 0.38 to $70.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.18% or 0.14 to hit $77.33 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.05% or 0.70 to trade at $1321.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.35% to 1.1957, while EUR/GBP rose 0.06% to 0.8817.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 92.32.