Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Technology and Travel & Leisure sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 2.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Mediobanca Banca di Credito Finanziario SpA (BIT:MDBI), which rose 4.30% or 0.61 points to trade at 14.69 at the close. UniCredit SpA (BIT:CRDI) added 3.68% or 1.29 points to end at 36.34 and Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (BIT:UNPI) was up 3.66% or 0.33 points to 9.34 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ERG (BIT:ERG), which lost 0.17% or 0.04 points to trade at 23.38 in late trade. Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale SpA (BIT:TRN) unchanged 0.05% or 0.00 points to end at 7.69 and Inwit (BIT:INWT) gained 0.10% or 0.01 points to 10.49.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 360 to 133 and 33 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.56% or 1.22 to $76.94 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.36% or 1.10 to hit $79.94 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.58% or 39.50 to trade at $2,531.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.26% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.20% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 102.54.