Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Chemicals and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.12% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which rose 4.30% or 0.610 points to trade at 14.790 at the close. Italgas SpA (MI:IG) added 3.59% or 0.14 points to end at 4.09 and Generali (MI:GASI) was up 1.32% or 0.19 points to 14.59 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU), which lost 1.59% or 0.38 points to trade at 23.52 in late trade. UnipolSai Assicurazioni SpA (MI:US) declined 1.45% or 0.030 points to end at 2.044 and Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) shed 1.13% or 0.056 points to 4.902.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 198 to 159 and 6 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.31% or 0.15 to $47.85 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.16% or 0.08 to hit $50.64 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 1.05 to trade at $1248.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.22% to 1.0807, while EUR/GBP rose 0.43% to 0.8649.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 99.45.