Italy shares higher at close of trade; Investing.com Italy 40 up 1.16%

Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Healthcare and Oil&Gas sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 1.16%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were UniCredit SpA (BIT:CRDI), which rose 3.55% or 1.45 points to trade at 42.13 at the close. Banco Bpm SpA (BIT:BAMI) added 2.55% or 0.16 points to end at 6.35 and Intesa Sanpaolo SpA (BIT:ISP) was up 2.45% or 0.10 points to 4.03 in late trade.

Biggest losers included STMicroelectronics (BIT:STMMI), which lost 0.68% or 0.17 points to trade at 24.86 in late trade. A2A SpA (BIT:A2) declined 0.52% or 0.01 points to end at 2.09 and FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (BIT:FBK) shed 0.48% or 0.07 points to 14.61.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 275 to 180 and 51 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.98% or 0.68 to $69.94 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.95% or 0.69 to hit $73.50 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 2.55 to trade at $2,751.85 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.31% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP fell 0.71% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 104.10.