Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 1.56% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Campari (MI:CPRI), which rose 3.40% or 0.33 points to trade at 10.03 at the close. Mediaset (MI:MS) added 3.02% or 0.086 points to end at 2.936 and Intesa Sanpaolo (MI:ISP) was up 2.91% or 0.062 points to 2.192 in late trade.
Biggest losers included STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which lost 2.69% or 0.180 points to trade at 6.510 in late trade. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) declined 0.75% or 0.045 points to end at 5.980 and FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (MI:FBK) shed 0.36% or 0.02 points to 5.49.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 277 to 121 and 27 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.94% or 1.27 to $44.43 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 2.99% or 1.36 to hit $46.81 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.54% or 7.15 to trade at $1324.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.38% to 1.1155, while EUR/GBP fell 0.50% to 0.8388.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.25% at 95.90.