Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals, Industrials and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Leonardo SpA (BIT:LDOF), which rose 2.32% or 0.49 points to trade at 21.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Banca Mediolanum SpA (BIT:BMED) added 2.02% or 0.20 points to end at 10.10 and Nexi SpA (BIT:NEXII) was up 1.91% or 0.11 points to 5.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Assicurazioni Generali SpA (BIT:GASI), which fell 1.90% or 0.43 points to trade at 22.15 at the close. Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (BIT:UNPI) declined 1.32% or 0.12 points to end at 8.97 and Amplifon (BIT:AMPF) was down 1.24% or 0.35 points to 27.78.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 289 to 187 and 35 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.56% or 0.43 to $76.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.40% or 0.32 to hit $79.48 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.30% or 7.30 to trade at $2,470.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.06% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.07% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 102.90.