Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Technology and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.69% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT), which rose 5.79% or 1.20 points to trade at 21.93 at the close. Meanwhile, Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) added 5.35% or 0.0580 points to end at 1.1430 and Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) was up 4.38% or 1.01 points to 24.06 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were UBI Banca (MI:UBI), which fell 1.19% or 0.0850 points to trade at 7.0650 at the close. ENI (MI:ENI) declined 1.15% or 0.1800 points to end at 15.5300 and Unicredit (MI:CRDI) was down 1.06% or 0.0650 points to 6.0650.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 319 to 121 and 2 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.32% or 0.60 to $44.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.07% or 0.04 to hit $48.05 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.31% or 3.60 to trade at $1162.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.86% to 1.1009, while EUR/GBP fell 0.55% to 0.7176.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.76% at 97.17.