Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Telecoms and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 2.31%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII), which rose 13.05% or 0.414 points to trade at 3.586 at the close. Meanwhile, Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) added 12.53% or 3.05 points to end at 27.40 and Mediobanca (MI:MDBI) was up 8.75% or 0.495 points to 6.155 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS), which fell 1.58% or 0.0041 points to trade at 0.2549 at the close. Recordati (MI:RECI) declined 1.12% or 0.32 points to end at 28.24 and UBI Banca (MI:UBI) was down 0.92% or 0.0220 points to 2.3780.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 295 to 79 and 39 ended unchanged.
Shares in Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) fell to all time lows; down 1.58% or 0.0041 to 0.2549.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.83% or 0.35 to $41.58 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.77% or 0.34 to hit $43.95 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 1.72% or 23.55 to trade at $1343.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.42% to 1.1083, while EUR/GBP fell 0.13% to 0.8480.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.49% at 96.22.