Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Chemicals and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 3.37%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banco Popolare Sc (MI:BAPO), which rose 12.88% or 0.3380 points to trade at 2.9620 at the close. Meanwhile, UBI Banca (MI:UBI) added 9.96% or 0.2560 points to end at 2.8260 and Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) was up 9.93% or 0.364 points to 4.030 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Campari (MI:CPRI), which fell 0.06% or 0.01 points to trade at 8.25 at the close. Atlantia (MI:ATL) added 0.22% or 0.05 points to end at 22.28 and Italcementi (MI:ITAI) was up 0.48% or 0.050 points to 10.460.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 343 to 72 and 12 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 2.81% or 1.30 to $47.51 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 3.16% or 1.49 to hit $48.68 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.48% or 6.25 to trade at $1292.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.38% to 1.1269, while EUR/GBP fell 0.39% to 0.7873.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.41% at 94.38.