Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Technology and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 3.88%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banco Popolare Sc (MI:BAPO), which rose 18.36% or 0.3360 points to trade at 2.1660 at the close. Meanwhile, Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) added 16.19% or 0.418 points to end at 3.000 and Unipol (MI:UNPI) was up 12.78% or 0.248 points to 2.188 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Italcementi (MI:ITAI), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to trade at 10.560 at the close. Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) added 0.21% or 0.03 points to end at 14.34 and Snam (MI:SRG) was up 0.29% or 0.015 points to 5.240.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 322 to 77 and 19 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.29% or 0.13 to $45.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.47% or 0.22 to hit $46.62 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.42% or 5.70 to trade at $1356.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.16% to 1.1046, while EUR/GBP fell 0.41% to 0.8533.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 96.41.