Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the FTSE Italia All Share Financials, FTSE Italia Technology and FTSE Italia All Share Travel & Leisure sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 2.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Mediobanca Banca di Credito Finanziario SpA (BIT:MDBI), which rose 4.30% or 0.61 points to trade at 14.69 at the close. UniCredit SpA (BIT:CRDI) added 3.68% or 1.29 points to end at 36.34 and Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (BIT:UNPI) was up 3.66% or 0.33 points to 9.34 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ERG (BIT:ERG), which fell 0.17% or 0.04 points to trade at 23.38 in late trade. Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale SpA (BIT:TRN) unchanged 0.05% or 0.00 points to end at 7.69 and Inwit (BIT:INWT) up 0.10% or 0.01 points to 10.49.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 360 to 133 and 33 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.56% or 1.22 to $76.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.36% or 1.10 to hit $79.94 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.58% or 39.50 to trade at $2,531.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.26% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.20% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 102.54.