Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 1.17% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were UBI Banca (MI:UBI), which rose 4.93% or 0.1540 points to trade at 3.2800 at the close. Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) added 4.49% or 0.202 points to end at 4.700 and UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI) was up 3.70% or 0.5000 points to 14.0000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tenaris (MI:TENR), which lost 1.02% or 0.16 points to trade at 15.45 in late trade. Mediaset (MI:MS) declined 0.77% or 0.030 points to end at 3.860 and Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) shed 0.76% or 0.18 points to 23.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 202 to 144 and 15 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.14% or 0.60 to $53.21 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.03% or 0.57 to hit $55.65 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.71% or 8.75 to trade at $1224.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.45% to 1.0553, while EUR/GBP rose 0.61% to 0.8619.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 101.94.