Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Travel & Leisure and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.77%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA), which rose 2.86% or 0.406 points to trade at 14.606 at the close. Meanwhile, Exor NV (MI:EXOR) added 2.52% or 1.38 points to end at 56.24 and Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI) was up 2.11% or 0.0730 points to 3.5280 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU), which fell 1.39% or 0.25 points to trade at 17.75 at the close. Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI) declined 1.22% or 0.09 points to end at 7.26 and Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST) was down 1.01% or 0.076 points to 7.448.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 184 to 158 and 38 ended unchanged.
Shares in Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) fell to 52-week lows; losing 1.39% or 0.25 to 17.75.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.54% or 0.37 to $68.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.19% or 0.14 to hit $73.31 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 1.70 to trade at $1221.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.17% to 1.1565, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.8894.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 95.04.