Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Travel & Leisure, Healthcare and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Freni Brembo SpA (MI:BRBI), which rose 2.54% or 0.33 points to trade at 13.34 at the close. Exor NV (MI:EXOR) added 2.49% or 1.24 points to end at 51.05 and Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) was up 2.28% or 0.40 points to 17.93 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI), which lost 3.52% or 0.1200 points to trade at 3.2900 in late trade. Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) declined 3.24% or 0.140 points to end at 4.176 and Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) shed 2.80% or 0.67 points to 23.24.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 202 to 155 and 11 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.67% or 0.30 to $44.76 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.92% or 0.43 to hit $47.35 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 1.69 to trade at $1256.29 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.39% to 1.1189, while EUR/GBP rose 0.21% to 0.8754.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 97.19.