Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Travel & Leisure and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP), which rose 3.70% or 0.92 points to trade at 25.81 at the close. Meanwhile, Generali (MI:GASI) added 3.11% or 0.35 points to end at 11.60 and Italgas SpA (MI:IG) was up 1.58% or 0.05 points to 3.34 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS), which fell 13.08% or 0.0301 points to trade at 0.2000 at the close. Saipem (MI:SPMI) declined 2.60% or 0.0107 points to end at 0.4010 and Mediobanca (MI:MDBI) was down 1.35% or 0.085 points to 6.200.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 216 to 185 and 22 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 3.23% or 1.55 to $46.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 3.00% or 1.47 to hit $47.53 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.78% or 9.25 to trade at $1180.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.44% to 1.0600, while EUR/GBP rose 0.31% to 0.8505.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 101.49.