Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.63%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were ENI (MI:ENI), which rose 2.00% or 0.28 points to trade at 14.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Intesa Sanpaolo (MI:ISP) added 1.95% or 0.059 points to end at 3.077 and Tenaris (MI:TENR) was up 1.58% or 0.22 points to 14.49 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Atlantia (MI:ATL), which fell 2.54% or 0.66 points to trade at 25.34 at the close. CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) declined 1.58% or 0.175 points to end at 10.930 and Italgas SpA (MI:IG) was down 0.61% or 0.029 points to 4.701.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 200 to 151 and 25 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.83% or 1.12 to $62.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.52% or 0.99 to hit $66.11 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.29% or 3.80 to trade at $1314.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.12% to 1.2290, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8820.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 90.20.