Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the FTSE Italia All Share Travel & Leisure, FTSE Italia Technology and FTSE Italia All Share Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.15% to hit a new 5-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were STMicroelectronics (BIT:STMMI), which rose 2.88% or 0.61 points to trade at 21.83 at the close. Leonardo SpA (BIT:LDOF) added 2.16% or 0.64 points to end at 30.26 and Prysmian SpA (BIT:PRY) was up 1.32% or 0.88 points to 67.34 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT:CPRI), which fell 1.20% or 0.07 points to trade at 5.59 in late trade. Iveco Group NV (BIT:IVG) declined 1.01% or 0.12 points to end at 11.82 and Inwit (BIT:INWT) down 0.99% or 0.10 points to 10.03.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 324 to 212 and 51 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
Shares in Leonardo SpA (BIT:LDOF) rose to 5-year highs; rising 2.16% or 0.64 to 30.26.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.15% or 0.11 to $72.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.08% or 0.06 to hit $75.95 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 5.74 to trade at $2,850.94 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.06% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.14% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 107.97.