Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals, Travel & Leisure and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were UBI Banca (MI:UBI), which rose 8.32% or 0.1920 points to trade at 2.5000 at the close. Unipol (MI:UNPI) added 7.40% or 0.202 points to end at 2.930 and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) was up 5.63% or 0.380 points to 7.135 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Prysmian (MI:PRY), which lost 4.19% or 0.97 points to trade at 22.19 in late trade. Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) declined 2.64% or 0.52 points to end at 19.20 and Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) shed 2.64% or 0.0068 points to 0.2512.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 207 to 197 and 27 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.80% or 1.25 to $43.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 2.73% or 1.25 to hit $44.59 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 2.59% or 32.85 to trade at $1233.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.50% to 1.0841, while EUR/GBP fell 0.92% to 0.8600.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.25% at 99.04.