Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Travel & Leisure, Industrials and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 1.39%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI), which rose 3.84% or 0.430 points to trade at 11.625 at the close. Meanwhile, Pirelli & C SPA (MI:PIRC) added 2.76% or 0.21 points to end at 7.68 and Mediaset (MI:MS) was up 2.27% or 0.072 points to 3.245 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (MI:UNPI), which fell 0.62% or 0.026 points to trade at 4.147 at the close. Freni Brembo SpA (MI:BRBI) declined 0.33% or 0.04 points to end at 12.10 and STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) was up 0.08% or 0.015 points to 18.065.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 273 to 82 and 26 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.75% or 0.46 to $61.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.21% or 0.78 to hit $65.11 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.12% or 1.60 to trade at $1356.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.50% to 1.2442, while EUR/GBP fell 0.19% to 0.8853.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 88.82.