Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Technology and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 1.33%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU), which rose 3.74% or 0.58 points to trade at 16.08 at the close. Meanwhile, Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) added 3.56% or 0.78 points to end at 22.71 and Banco Popolare Sc (MI:BAPO) was up 3.39% or 0.4300 points to 13.1200 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT), which fell 2.43% or 0.0290 points to trade at 1.1650 at the close. Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) declined 1.37% or 0.34 points to end at 24.56 and Saipem (MI:SPMI) was down 0.83% or 0.0700 points to 8.3650.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 297 to 147 and 3 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.79% or 0.81 to $44.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.18% or 0.56 to hit $47.41 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 1.52% or 16.80 to trade at $1087.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 1.39% to 1.0732, while EUR/GBP fell 0.29% to 0.7136.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.29% at 99.35.