Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the FTSE Italia All Share Financials, FTSE Italia All Share Health Care and FTSE Italia Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 1.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were UniCredit SpA (BIT:CRDI), which rose 3.55% or 1.45 points to trade at 42.13 at the close. Banco Bpm SpA (BIT:BAMI) added 2.55% or 0.16 points to end at 6.35 and Intesa Sanpaolo SpA (BIT:ISP) was up 2.45% or 0.10 points to 4.03 in late trade.
Biggest losers included STMicroelectronics (BIT:STMMI), which fell 0.68% or 0.17 points to trade at 24.86 in late trade. A2A SpA (BIT:A2) declined 0.52% or 0.01 points to end at 2.09 and FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (BIT:FBK) down 0.48% or 0.07 points to 14.61.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 275 to 180 and 51 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
Shares in UniCredit SpA (BIT:CRDI) rose to 5-year highs; rising 3.55% or 1.45 to 42.13. Shares in Intesa Sanpaolo SpA (BIT:ISP) rose to 5-year highs; rising 2.45% or 0.10 to 4.03.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.98% or 0.68 to $69.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.95% or 0.69 to hit $73.50 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 2.50 to trade at $2,751.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.31% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP fell 0.71% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 104.10.