Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals, Utilities and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the FTSE MIB gained 0.98%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE MIB were Finmeccanica (MILAN:SIFI), which rose 6.52% or 0.720 points to trade at 11.770 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Popolare Sc (MILAN:BAPO) added 3.70% or 0.5100 points to end at 14.3000 and Enel (MILAN:ENEI) was up 2.84% or 0.120 points to 4.350 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saipem (MILAN:SPMI), which fell 2.22% or 0.26 points to trade at 11.47 at the close. Autogrill (MILAN:AGL) declined 2.20% or 0.20 points to end at 8.66 and STMicroelectronics (MILAN:STM) was down 1.81% or 0.160 points to 8.695.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 292 to 183 and 1 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.80% or 0.46 to $57.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.76% or 0.49 to hit $65.34 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.50% or 17.90 to trade at $1176.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.49% to 1.0876, while EUR/GBP fell 0.33% to 0.7164.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.38% at 97.06.