Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Technology and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.69% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT), which rose 5.79% or 1.20 points to trade at 21.93 at the close. Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) added 5.35% or 0.0580 points to end at 1.1430 and Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) was up 4.38% or 1.01 points to 24.06 in late trade.
Biggest losers included UBI Banca (MI:UBI), which lost 1.19% or 0.0850 points to trade at 7.0650 in late trade. ENI (MI:ENI) declined 1.15% or 0.1800 points to end at 15.5300 and Unicredit (MI:CRDI) shed 1.06% or 0.0650 points to 6.0650.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 319 to 121 and 2 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.32% or 0.60 to $44.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.11% or 0.06 to hit $48.02 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.32% or 3.70 to trade at $1162.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.86% to 1.1009, while EUR/GBP fell 0.55% to 0.7176.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.76% at 97.17.