Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.03% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Mediobanca (MI:MDBI), which rose 4.36% or 0.305 points to trade at 7.305 at the close. Meanwhile, Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST) added 1.63% or 0.1050 points to end at 6.5650 and Banco Popolare Sc (MI:BAPO) was up 1.38% or 0.0850 points to 6.2450 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT), which fell 3.09% or 0.0285 points to trade at 0.8945 at the close. Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) declined 2.61% or 0.71 points to end at 26.50 and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) was down 2.38% or 0.1750 points to 7.1800.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 213 to 186 and 21 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.69% or 0.73 to $43.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.82% or 0.81 to hit $45.34 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.22% or 15.30 to trade at $1235.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.53% to 1.1228, while EUR/GBP fell 0.93% to 0.7808.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.52% at 95.11.