Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Healthcare and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 1.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Recordati (BIT:RECI), which rose 4.75% or 2.35 points to trade at 51.85 at the close. Saipem SpA (BIT:SPMI) added 4.29% or 0.08 points to end at 2.04 and Bper Banca SpA (BIT:EMII) was up 4.28% or 0.21 points to 5.12 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Prysmian SpA (BIT:PRY), which lost 0.89% or 0.58 points to trade at 64.40 in late trade. Enel (BIT:ENEI) declined 0.42% or 0.03 points to end at 6.95 and Amplifon (BIT:AMPF) shed 0.39% or 0.10 points to 25.73.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 332 to 154 and 40 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.61% or 1.19 to $74.90 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.40% or 1.09 to hit $78.71 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.23% or 6.20 to trade at $2,673.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.66% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.52% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.60% at 102.36.