Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Travel & Leisure and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the FTSE MIB rose 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE MIB were A2A (MILAN:A2), which rose 1.53% or 0.017 points to trade at 1.125 at the close. Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MILAN:EMII) added 1.15% or 0.090 points to end at 7.940 and Telecom Italia (MILAN:TLIT) was up 0.98% or 0.011 points to 1.135 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mediolanum (MILAN:MED), which lost 3.43% or 0.285 points to trade at 8.020 in late trade. Azimut Holding (MILAN:AZMT) declined 3.13% or 0.87 points to end at 26.90 and Campari (MILAN:CPRI) shed 0.97% or 0.07 points to 7.11.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 276 to 202 and 1 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.68% or 1.02 to $59.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.75% or 1.17 to hit $65.38 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.12% or 1.40 to trade at $1205.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.71% to 1.1034, while EUR/GBP rose 0.45% to 0.7127.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.69% at 96.13.