Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Travel & Leisure, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS), which rose 3.93% or 0.0225 points to trade at 0.5955 at the close. Meanwhile, Anima Holding SpA (MI:ANIM) added 3.65% or 0.23 points to end at 6.54 and Finmeccanica (MI:SIFI) was up 3.62% or 0.390 points to 11.170 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tenaris (MI:TENR), which fell 1.83% or 0.2000 points to trade at 10.7200 at the close. Unicredit (MI:CRDI) declined 1.76% or 0.0660 points to end at 3.6840 and Tod'S (MI:TOD) was down 1.71% or 1.15 points to 66.15.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 260 to 146 and 18 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $40.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.75% or 0.31 to hit $41.23 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.86% or 10.90 to trade at $1254.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.38% to 1.1273, while EUR/GBP fell 0.44% to 0.7781.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.30% at 95.05.