Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Industrials and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the FTSE MIB added 3.00%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE MIB were Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MILAN:BMPS), which rose 8.17% or 0.1300 points to trade at 1.7220 at the close. Meanwhile, Mediolanum (MILAN:MED) added 4.98% or 0.370 points to end at 7.805 and CNH Industrial NV (MILAN:CNHI) was up 4.54% or 0.375 points to 8.635 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saipem (MILAN:SPMI), which fell 4.44% or 0.38 points to trade at 8.19 at the close. World Duty Free SpA (MILAN:WDF) added 0.20% or 0.020 points to end at 10.150 and Ansaldo STS (MILAN:STS) was up 0.27% or 0.03 points to 9.43.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 393 to 66 and 4 ended unchanged.
Shares in CNH Industrial NV (MILAN:CNHI) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 4.54% or 0.375 to 8.635.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.15% or 0.08 to $52.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.03% or 0.01 to hit $58.62 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.09% or 1.10 to trade at $1160.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.96% to 1.1143, while EUR/GBP rose 0.26% to 0.7195.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.58% at 96.10.