Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Travel & Leisure and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI), which rose 3.48% or 0.1570 points to trade at 4.6700 at the close. Meanwhile, STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) added 1.86% or 0.290 points to end at 15.895 and Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) was up 1.85% or 0.69 points to 37.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Recordati (MI:RECI), which fell 2.06% or 0.63 points to trade at 29.97 at the close. Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) declined 0.90% or 0.0048 points to end at 0.5286 and Atlantia (MI:ATL) was down 0.53% or 0.10 points to 17.82.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 189 to 163 and 38 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.71% or 0.49 to $69.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.12% or 0.09 to hit $78.27 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.71% or 8.60 to trade at $1199.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.49% to 1.1633, while EUR/GBP fell 0.21% to 0.8900.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 94.92.