Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Telecoms and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Iveco Group NV (BIT:IVG), which rose 2.52% or 0.22 points to trade at 8.86 at the close. Meanwhile, Telecom Italia (BIT:TLIT) added 2.41% or 0.01 points to end at 0.25 and STMicroelectronics (BIT:STMMI) was up 1.92% or 0.49 points to 25.76 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT:CPRI), which fell 5.64% or 0.47 points to trade at 7.80 at the close. Nexi SpA (BIT:NEXII) declined 2.84% or 0.18 points to end at 6.15 and FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (BIT:FBK) was down 0.96% or 0.15 points to 15.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 333 to 149 and 35 ended unchanged.
Shares in Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT:CPRI) fell to 3-years lows; losing 5.64% or 0.47 to 7.80.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.48% or 0.33 to $69.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.43% or 0.31 to hit $72.28 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.23% or 31.70 to trade at $2,612.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.05% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 101.06.