Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 1.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI), which rose 8.45% or 0.188 points to trade at 2.407 at the close. Bper Banca SpA (MI:EMII) added 7.87% or 0.323 points to end at 4.426 and Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI) was up 5.70% or 0.1840 points to 3.4130 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA), which lost 4.53% or 0.878 points to trade at 18.522 in late trade. A2A (MI:A2) declined 0.59% or 0.009 points to end at 1.444 and Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI) shed 0.23% or 0.01 points to 6.38.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 313 to 61 and 26 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.85% or 0.57 to $66.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.01% or 0.78 to hit $76.78 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.32% or 4.10 to trade at $1296.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.16% to 1.1673, while EUR/GBP fell 0.63% to 0.8739.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 94.09.