Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.20% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Pirelli & C SPA (MI:PIRC), which rose 1.54% or 0.11 points to trade at 7.26 at the close. Meanwhile, Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) added 1.10% or 0.25 points to end at 23.04 and Prysmian (MI:PRY) was up 0.98% or 0.24 points to 24.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT), which fell 3.30% or 0.58 points to trade at 17.17 at the close. Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) declined 1.44% or 0.0124 points to end at 0.8488 and STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) was down 1.32% or 0.245 points to 18.270.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 176 to 157 and 45 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.64% or 0.43 to $67.50 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.94% or 0.68 to hit $72.70 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.55% or 7.40 to trade at $1349.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.2332, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8650.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 89.48.