Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals, Travel & Leisure and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were UBI Banca (MI:UBI), which rose 8.32% or 0.1920 points to trade at 2.5000 at the close. Meanwhile, Unipol (MI:UNPI) added 7.40% or 0.202 points to end at 2.930 and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) was up 5.63% or 0.380 points to 7.135 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Prysmian (MI:PRY), which fell 4.19% or 0.97 points to trade at 22.19 at the close. Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) declined 2.64% or 0.52 points to end at 19.20 and Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) was down 2.64% or 0.0068 points to 0.2512.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 207 to 197 and 27 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.80% or 1.25 to $43.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 2.73% or 1.25 to hit $44.59 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 2.64% or 33.40 to trade at $1233.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.50% to 1.0842, while EUR/GBP fell 0.93% to 0.8599.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.25% at 99.04.