Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the FTSE Italia Technology, FTSE Italia Telecommunications and FTSE Italia All Share Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Iveco Group NV (BIT:IVG), which rose 2.52% or 0.22 points to trade at 8.86 at the close. Telecom Italia (BIT:TLIT) added 2.41% or 0.01 points to end at 0.25 and STMicroelectronics (BIT:STMMI) was up 1.92% or 0.49 points to 25.76 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT:CPRI), which fell 5.64% or 0.47 points to trade at 7.80 in late trade. Nexi SpA (BIT:NEXII) declined 2.84% or 0.18 points to end at 6.15 and FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (BIT:FBK) down 0.96% or 0.15 points to 15.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 333 to 149 and 35 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
Shares in Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT:CPRI) fell to 3-year lows; falling 5.64% or 0.47 to 7.80.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.52% or 0.36 to $69.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.50% or 0.36 to hit $72.33 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.24% or 31.95 to trade at $2,612.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.05% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.01% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 101.06.