Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Telecoms and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 2.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII), which rose 13.05% or 0.414 points to trade at 3.586 at the close. Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) added 12.53% or 3.05 points to end at 27.40 and Mediobanca (MI:MDBI) was up 8.75% or 0.495 points to 6.155 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS), which lost 1.58% or 0.0041 points to trade at 0.2549 in late trade. Recordati (MI:RECI) declined 1.12% or 0.32 points to end at 28.24 and UBI Banca (MI:UBI) shed 0.92% or 0.0220 points to 2.3780.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 295 to 79 and 39 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.83% or 0.35 to $41.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.77% or 0.34 to hit $43.95 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 1.71% or 23.45 to trade at $1343.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.43% to 1.1082, while EUR/GBP fell 0.13% to 0.8480.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.49% at 96.22.