Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals, Financials and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.93%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI), which rose 2.87% or 0.4800 points to trade at 17.2200 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) added 2.34% or 0.072 points to end at 3.144 and Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) was up 2.15% or 0.36 points to 17.08 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER), which fell 0.89% or 0.20 points to trade at 22.22 at the close. Exor NV (MI:EXOR) declined 0.67% or 0.35 points to end at 52.00 and Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST) was down 0.48% or 0.030 points to 6.210.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 232 to 137 and 18 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.19% or 0.10 to $51.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.17% or 0.10 to hit $57.13 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.62% or 8.01 to trade at $1281.99 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.63% to 1.1777, while EUR/GBP fell 0.85% to 0.8930.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.61% at 93.57.