Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Industrials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII), which rose 1.59% or 0.090 points to trade at 5.745 at the close. Meanwhile, CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) added 1.47% or 0.125 points to end at 8.625 and Italgas SpA (MI:IG) was up 1.27% or 0.05 points to 3.82 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP), which fell 4.25% or 1.15 points to trade at 25.90 at the close. UBI Banca (MI:UBI) declined 2.19% or 0.0800 points to end at 3.5800 and Unipol (MI:UNPI) was down 1.57% or 0.056 points to 3.520.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 168 to 167 and 24 ended unchanged.
Shares in CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.47% or 0.125 to 8.625.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 2.36% or 1.23 to $53.35 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.49% or 1.35 to hit $55.51 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.18% or 2.15 to trade at $1203.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.15% to 1.0681, while EUR/GBP rose 0.24% to 0.8660.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 101.03.