Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Healthcare and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 1.23%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Recordati (BIT:RECI), which rose 4.75% or 2.35 points to trade at 51.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Saipem SpA (BIT:SPMI) added 4.29% or 0.08 points to end at 2.04 and Bper Banca SpA (BIT:EMII) was up 4.28% or 0.21 points to 5.12 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Prysmian SpA (BIT:PRY), which fell 0.89% or 0.58 points to trade at 64.40 at the close. Enel (BIT:ENEI) declined 0.42% or 0.03 points to end at 6.95 and Amplifon (BIT:AMPF) was down 0.39% or 0.10 points to 25.73.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 332 to 154 and 40 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.63% or 1.20 to $74.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.42% or 1.10 to hit $78.72 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 5.80 to trade at $2,673.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.66% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.51% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.61% at 102.37.