Italy shares higher at close of trade; Investing.com Italy 40 up 0.34%

Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Telecoms and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.34%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Iveco Group NV (BIT:IVG), which rose 2.52% or 0.22 points to trade at 8.86 at the close. Telecom Italia (BIT:TLIT) added 2.41% or 0.01 points to end at 0.25 and STMicroelectronics (BIT:STMMI) was up 1.92% or 0.49 points to 25.76 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT:CPRI), which lost 5.64% or 0.47 points to trade at 7.80 in late trade. Nexi SpA (BIT:NEXII) declined 2.84% or 0.18 points to end at 6.15 and FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (BIT:FBK) shed 0.96% or 0.15 points to 15.00.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 333 to 149 and 35 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.52% or 0.36 to $69.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.51% or 0.37 to hit $72.34 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.24% or 31.95 to trade at $2,612.55 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.05% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.01% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 101.06.