Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals, Telecoms and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.19% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT), which rose 1.60% or 0.0138 points to trade at 0.8762 at the close. Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) added 1.50% or 0.29 points to end at 20.02 and Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI) was up 1.50% or 0.0610 points to 4.1280 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI), which lost 2.54% or 0.16 points to trade at 6.14 in late trade. CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) declined 1.79% or 0.185 points to end at 10.170 and STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) shed 1.49% or 0.265 points to 17.575.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 180 to 175 and 30 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.03% or 0.02 to $68.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $73.74 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.73% or 9.80 to trade at $1339.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.51% to 1.2283, while EUR/GBP fell 0.13% to 0.8753.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.47% at 90.06.