Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals, Travel & Leisure and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were UnipolSai Assicurazioni SpA (MI:US), which rose 2.92% or 0.057 points to trade at 2.009 at the close. Meanwhile, Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI) added 2.86% or 0.20 points to end at 7.38 and Bper Banca SpA (MI:EMII) was up 1.97% or 0.092 points to 4.768 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pirelli & C SPA (MI:PIRC), which fell 2.19% or 0.16 points to trade at 7.14 at the close. Mediobanca (MI:MDBI) declined 1.58% or 0.130 points to end at 8.102 and Banca Generali (MI:BGN) was down 1.52% or 0.34 points to 21.96.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 199 to 154 and 33 ended unchanged.
Shares in Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI) rose to all time highs; up 2.86% or 0.20 to 7.38.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.19% or 0.87 to $73.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.23% or 0.18 to hit $77.21 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.26% or 3.30 to trade at $1255.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.39% to 1.1736, while EUR/GBP rose 0.02% to 0.8846.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 93.79.