Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals, Technology and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.77% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Iveco Group NV (BIT:IVG), which rose 2.37% or 0.26 points to trade at 11.44 at the close. Meanwhile, Moncler SpA (BIT:MONC) added 1.96% or 1.12 points to end at 58.28 and Amplifon (BIT:AMPF) was up 1.73% or 0.53 points to 31.17 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were A2A SpA (BIT:A2), which fell 0.79% or 0.02 points to trade at 1.89 at the close. Prysmian SpA (BIT:PRY) declined 0.73% or 0.46 points to end at 62.62 and Mediobanca Banca di Credito Finanziario SpA (BIT:MDBI) was down 0.70% or 0.10 points to 14.28.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 297 to 195 and 43 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.11% or 0.09 to $82.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.18% or 0.15 to hit $85.25 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 3.65 to trade at $2,418.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.36% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.23% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 103.79.