Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.21% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU), which rose 2.30% or 0.44 points to trade at 19.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) added 1.89% or 0.53 points to end at 28.62 and Atlantia (MI:ATL) was up 1.79% or 0.40 points to 22.74 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Recordati (MI:RECI), which fell 2.73% or 0.78 points to trade at 27.81 at the close. Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) declined 1.40% or 0.050 points to end at 3.516 and Unipol (MI:UNPI) was down 1.38% or 0.036 points to 2.564.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 211 to 172 and 32 ended unchanged.
Shares in Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 2.30% or 0.44 to 19.60.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 2.28% or 0.99 to $44.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.89% or 0.87 to hit $46.91 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.22% or 2.95 to trade at $1347.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.29% to 1.1170, while EUR/GBP rose 0.62% to 0.8651.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 95.63.