Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Telecoms and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.36% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Moncler SpA (BIT:MONC), which rose 4.96% or 2.37 points to trade at 50.18 at the close. Meanwhile, Stellantis NV (BIT:STLAM) added 3.19% or 0.40 points to end at 12.95 and Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT:CPRI) was up 2.69% or 0.16 points to 6.27 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tenaris SA (BIT:TENR), which fell 2.96% or 0.55 points to trade at 18.05 at the close. Bper Banca SpA (BIT:EMII) declined 2.84% or 0.17 points to end at 5.89 and Saipem SpA (BIT:SPMI) was down 2.05% or 0.05 points to 2.49.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 296 to 227 and 57 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.20% or 0.82 to $67.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.01% or 0.73 to hit $71.36 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.44% or 11.64 to trade at $2,660.04 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.27% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.08% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 106.00.