Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Travel & Leisure and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT), which rose 2.84% or 0.0340 points to trade at 1.2320 at the close. Meanwhile, Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) added 2.73% or 0.84 points to end at 31.60 and Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) was up 1.92% or 0.0280 points to 1.4900 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Moncler SpA (MI:MONC), which fell 3.29% or 0.48 points to trade at 14.10 at the close. Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) declined 3.00% or 0.53 points to end at 17.14 and STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) was down 2.14% or 0.150 points to 6.850.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 217 to 203 and 5 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 2.49% or 1.07 to $41.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.98% or 0.45 to hit $45.02 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 1.36% or 14.50 to trade at $1055.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.10% to 1.0600, while EUR/GBP rose 0.33% to 0.7050.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.22% at 100.08.