Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Chemicals and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 3.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banco Popolare (MI:BAPO), which rose 12.88% or 0.3380 points to trade at 2.9620 at the close. UBI Banca (MI:UBI) added 9.96% or 0.2560 points to end at 2.8260 and Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) was up 9.93% or 0.364 points to 4.030 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Campari (MI:CPRI), which lost 0.06% or 0.01 points to trade at 8.25 in late trade. Atlantia (MI:ATL) added 0.22% or 0.05 points to end at 22.28 and Italcementi (MI:ITAI) gained 0.48% or 0.050 points to 10.460.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 343 to 72 and 12 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 2.81% or 1.30 to $47.51 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 3.16% or 1.49 to hit $48.68 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.47% or 6.15 to trade at $1292.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.38% to 1.1269, while EUR/GBP fell 0.39% to 0.7873.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.41% at 94.38.