Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Utilities and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Unipol (MI:UNPI), which rose 2.09% or 0.070 points to trade at 3.424 at the close. Meanwhile, Saipem (MI:SPMI) added 1.04% or 0.0055 points to end at 0.5350 and Mediaset (MI:MS) was up 0.98% or 0.040 points to 4.110 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU), which fell 1.44% or 0.33 points to trade at 22.51 at the close. FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (MI:FBK) declined 0.74% or 0.04 points to end at 5.33 and Banca Popolare di Milano Scarl (MI:PMII) was down 0.72% or 0.0026 points to 0.3583.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 196 to 131 and 25 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.30% or 0.16 to $53.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.46% or 0.26 to hit $56.59 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.25% or 2.90 to trade at $1155.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.51% to 1.0541, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8543.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.40% at 102.25.