Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 1.53% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Intesa Sanpaolo (MI:ISP), which rose 2.97% or 0.082 points to trade at 2.842 at the close. UBI Banca (MI:UBI) added 2.78% or 0.1100 points to end at 4.0600 and ENI (MI:ENI) was up 2.53% or 0.36 points to 14.59 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Moncler SpA (MI:MONC), which lost 3.02% or 0.71 points to trade at 22.80 in late trade. A2A (MI:A2) declined 0.77% or 0.011 points to end at 1.420 and Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF) shed 0.58% or 0.090 points to 15.340.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 225 to 129 and 21 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.23% or 0.56 to $46.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.07% or 0.52 to hit $48.90 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 0.89 to trade at $1229.49 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.07% to 1.0992, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.8485.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 98.53.