Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Industrials and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the FTSE MIB rose 3.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE MIB were Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MILAN:BMPS), which rose 8.17% or 0.1300 points to trade at 1.7220 at the close. Mediolanum (MILAN:MED) added 4.98% or 0.370 points to end at 7.805 and CNH Industrial NV (MILAN:CNHI) was up 4.54% or 0.375 points to 8.635 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saipem (MILAN:SPMI), which lost 4.44% or 0.38 points to trade at 8.19 in late trade. World Duty Free SpA (MILAN:WDF) added 0.20% or 0.020 points to end at 10.150 and Ansaldo STS (MILAN:STS) gained 0.27% or 0.03 points to 9.43.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 393 to 66 and 4 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.15% or 0.08 to $52.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $58.63 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.13% or 1.50 to trade at $1160.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.97% to 1.1144, while EUR/GBP rose 0.26% to 0.7195.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.59% at 96.10.