Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals, Utilities and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.99%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Iveco Group NV (BIT:IVG), which rose 2.61% or 0.24 points to trade at 9.29 at the close. Enel (BIT:ENEI) added 1.62% or 0.11 points to end at 6.71 and DiaSorin SpA (BIT:DIAS) was up 1.58% or 1.60 points to 103.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Brunello Cucinelli (BIT:BCU), which lost 0.99% or 0.90 points to trade at 89.60 in late trade. Prysmian SpA (BIT:PRY) declined 0.03% or 0.02 points to end at 61.80 and Ferrari NV (BIT:RACE) shed 0.02% or 0.10 points to 431.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 329 to 135 and 50 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.47% or 1.80 to $74.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 2.29% or 1.77 to hit $78.99 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.00% or 25.15 to trade at $2,541.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.58% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.20% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.66% at 100.73.