Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals, Technology and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 1.32%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Mediolanum SpA (MI:BMED), which rose 5.04% or 0.244 points to trade at 5.090 at the close. Meanwhile, Mediaset SpA (MI:MS) added 5.01% or 0.131 points to end at 2.744 and Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) was up 4.28% or 0.1340 points to 3.2650 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Recordati (MI:RECI), which fell 2.32% or 0.72 points to trade at 30.29 at the close. Salvatore Ferragamo SpA (MI:SFER) declined 1.51% or 0.27 points to end at 17.66 and Enel (MI:ENEI) was down 0.08% or 0.004 points to 5.044.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 297 to 65 and 28 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.55% or 0.69 to $45.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.76% or 0.40 to hit $53.13 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.60 to trade at $1281.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.10% to 1.1440, while EUR/GBP fell 0.39% to 0.9006.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 95.947.