Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Utilities, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 1.10%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Snam (MI:SRG), which rose 3.86% or 0.140 points to trade at 3.771 at the close. Meanwhile, Bper Banca SpA (MI:EMII) added 3.80% or 0.178 points to end at 4.863 and Italgas SpA (MI:IG) was up 2.82% or 0.126 points to 4.588 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU), which fell 1.93% or 0.41 points to trade at 20.79 at the close. Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) declined 1.26% or 0.29 points to end at 22.74 and Recordati (MI:RECI) was down 0.82% or 0.24 points to 29.06.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 186 to 154 and 33 ended unchanged.
Shares in Recordati (MI:RECI) fell to 52-week lows; losing 0.82% or 0.24 to 29.06.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.31% or 0.82 to $63.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.21% or 0.80 to hit $67.19 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.16% or 2.10 to trade at $1330.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.30% to 1.2293, while EUR/GBP fell 0.48% to 0.8796.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 89.81.