Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Travel & Leisure, Chemicals and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP), which rose 3.01% or 1.04 points to trade at 35.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Unipol (MI:UNPI) added 2.92% or 0.132 points to end at 4.660 and Mediaset (MI:MS) was up 1.82% or 0.074 points to 4.134 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS), which fell 2.67% or 0.0380 points to trade at 1.3840 at the close. Tenaris (MI:TENR) declined 2.17% or 0.2500 points to end at 11.2700 and Saipem (MI:SPMI) was down 1.71% or 0.1350 points to 7.7550.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 239 to 179 and 10 ended unchanged.
Shares in Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.01% or 1.04 to 35.60. Shares in Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.67% or 0.0380 to 1.3840.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 2.60% or 1.07 to $40.01 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.49% or 0.66 to hit $43.19 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 2.15% or 22.80 to trade at $1084.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.93% to 1.0840, while EUR/GBP fell 0.53% to 0.7186.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.81% at 98.61.