Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Chemicals and Travel & Leisure sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 1.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI), which rose 5.35% or 0.510 points to trade at 10.040 at the close. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) added 3.90% or 0.365 points to end at 9.720 and Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) was up 3.53% or 0.79 points to 23.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ferrari NV (MI:RACE), which lost 1.97% or 1.50 points to trade at 74.50 in late trade. Saipem (MI:SPMI) declined 0.61% or 0.0024 points to end at 0.3906 and Mediaset (MI:MS) shed 0.44% or 0.016 points to 3.628.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 275 to 78 and 12 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.19% or 1.08 to $50.43 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 2.17% or 1.14 to hit $53.65 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 1.34 to trade at $1251.46 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.77% to 1.1189, while EUR/GBP rose 0.10% to 0.8594.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.61% at 97.17.