Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Travel & Leisure, Telecoms and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.48% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Popolare di Sondrio ScpA (BIT:BPSI), which rose 2.72% or 0.19 points to trade at 6.99 at the close. Meanwhile, Bper Banca SpA (BIT:EMII) added 2.43% or 0.12 points to end at 5.06 and Iveco Group NV (BIT:IVG) was up 1.97% or 0.18 points to 9.52 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were DiaSorin SpA (BIT:DIAS), which fell 1.56% or 1.65 points to trade at 104.00 at the close. Amplifon (BIT:AMPF) declined 1.35% or 0.40 points to end at 29.13 and Eni SpA (BIT:ENI) was down 0.89% or 0.13 points to 14.67.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 264 to 198 and 51 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.41% or 1.83 to $74.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.92% or 1.51 to hit $77.31 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.93% or 23.75 to trade at $2,536.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.18% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.11% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 101.57.