Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 3.40%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI), which rose 6.47% or 0.2160 points to trade at 3.5520 at the close. Meanwhile, CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) added 5.97% or 0.462 points to end at 8.196 and UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI) was up 5.96% or 0.5740 points to 10.2080 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Amplifon (MI:AMPF), which fell 0.69% or 0.100 points to trade at 14.400 at the close. Juventus Football Club (MI:JUVE) added 0.08% or 0.0010 points to end at 1.1830 and Italgas SpA (MI:IG) was up 0.82% or 0.042 points to 5.162.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 286 to 80 and 18 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.59% or 0.75 to $47.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.77% or 0.99 to hit $56.94 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.63% or 8.10 to trade at $1286.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.1397, while EUR/GBP fell 0.66% to 0.8959.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 95.765.