Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals, Telecoms and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.19% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT), which rose 1.60% or 0.0138 points to trade at 0.8762 at the close. Meanwhile, Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) added 1.50% or 0.29 points to end at 20.02 and Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI) was up 1.50% or 0.0610 points to 4.1280 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI), which fell 2.54% or 0.16 points to trade at 6.14 at the close. CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) declined 1.79% or 0.185 points to end at 10.170 and STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) was down 1.49% or 0.265 points to 17.575.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 180 to 175 and 30 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.03% or 0.02 to $68.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $73.73 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.73% or 9.90 to trade at $1338.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.51% to 1.2283, while EUR/GBP fell 0.13% to 0.8753.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.47% at 90.06.