Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the FTSE Italia All Share Travel & Leisure, FTSE Italia Telecommunications and FTSE Italia All Share Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.48% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Popolare di Sondrio ScpA (BIT:BPSI), which rose 2.72% or 0.19 points to trade at 6.99 at the close. Bper Banca SpA (BIT:EMII) added 2.43% or 0.12 points to end at 5.06 and Iveco Group NV (BIT:IVG) was up 1.97% or 0.18 points to 9.52 in late trade.
Biggest losers included DiaSorin SpA (BIT:DIAS), which fell 1.56% or 1.65 points to trade at 104.00 in late trade. Amplifon (BIT:AMPF) declined 1.35% or 0.40 points to end at 29.13 and Eni SpA (BIT:ENI) down 0.89% or 0.13 points to 14.67.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 264 to 198 and 51 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.37% or 1.80 to $74.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.88% or 1.48 to hit $77.34 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.92% or 23.60 to trade at $2,536.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.16% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.11% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 101.57.