Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Travel & Leisure, Healthcare and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF), which rose 2.02% or 0.220 points to trade at 11.100 at the close. Meanwhile, Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) added 2.01% or 0.48 points to end at 24.40 and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) was up 1.96% or 0.380 points to 19.800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT), which fell 1.11% or 0.21 points to trade at 18.76 at the close. Banca Generali (MI:BGN) declined 0.78% or 0.24 points to end at 30.60 and Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) was down 0.76% or 0.0055 points to 0.7205.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 254 to 105 and 31 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) rose to all time highs; up 1.96% or 0.380 to 19.800.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.87% or 0.57 to $66.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.14% or 0.10 to hit $70.52 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.80% or 10.90 to trade at $1352.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.2422, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.8761.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 88.86.