Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Travel & Leisure and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Bper Banca SpA (MI:EMII), which rose 5.86% or 0.242 points to trade at 4.372 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) added 4.81% or 0.130 points to end at 2.830 and Mediaset (MI:MS) was up 4.10% or 0.126 points to 3.202 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI), which fell 2.72% or 0.0960 points to trade at 3.4280 at the close. Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF) declined 1.43% or 0.150 points to end at 10.370 and Italgas SpA (MI:IG) was down 1.35% or 0.070 points to 5.130.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 202 to 159 and 14 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.50% or 0.87 to $58.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.19% or 0.12 to hit $63.67 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.36% or 4.64 to trade at $1287.56 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.72% to 1.1936, while EUR/GBP rose 0.54% to 0.8951.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 92.66.