Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Technology and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.24% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS), which rose 13.32% or 0.0318 points to trade at 0.2705 at the close. UBI Banca (MI:UBI) added 3.08% or 0.0760 points to end at 2.5420 and Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) was up 1.78% or 0.0135 points to 0.7730 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Luxottica Group (MI:LUX), which lost 2.24% or 0.96 points to trade at 41.89 in late trade. A2A (MI:A2) declined 1.64% or 0.021 points to end at 1.256 and Banca Popolare Milano (MI:PMII) shed 1.55% or 0.0065 points to 0.4125.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 218 to 185 and 21 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.08% or 0.04 to $50.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.47% or 0.24 to hit $51.62 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.19% or 2.35 to trade at $1265.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.56% to 1.0867, while EUR/GBP fell 0.29% to 0.8893.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.46% at 98.74.