Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals, Technology and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.77% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Iveco Group NV (BIT:IVG), which rose 2.37% or 0.26 points to trade at 11.44 at the close. Moncler SpA (BIT:MONC) added 1.96% or 1.12 points to end at 58.28 and Amplifon (BIT:AMPF) was up 1.73% or 0.53 points to 31.17 in late trade.
Biggest losers included A2A SpA (BIT:A2), which lost 0.79% or 0.02 points to trade at 1.89 in late trade. Prysmian SpA (BIT:PRY) declined 0.73% or 0.46 points to end at 62.62 and Mediobanca Banca di Credito Finanziario SpA (BIT:MDBI) shed 0.70% or 0.10 points to 14.28.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 297 to 195 and 43 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.11% or 0.09 to $82.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.18% or 0.15 to hit $85.25 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 3.60 to trade at $2,418.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.36% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.23% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 103.80.