Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Travel & Leisure, Healthcare and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Freni Brembo SpA (MI:BRBI), which rose 2.54% or 0.33 points to trade at 13.34 at the close. Meanwhile, Exor NV (MI:EXOR) added 2.49% or 1.24 points to end at 51.05 and Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) was up 2.28% or 0.40 points to 17.93 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI), which fell 3.52% or 0.1200 points to trade at 3.2900 at the close. Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) declined 3.24% or 0.140 points to end at 4.176 and Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) was down 2.80% or 0.67 points to 23.24.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 202 to 155 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.52% or 0.1200 to 3.2900.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.67% or 0.30 to $44.76 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.90% or 0.42 to hit $47.34 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 1.71 to trade at $1256.31 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.39% to 1.1189, while EUR/GBP rose 0.21% to 0.8754.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 97.19.