Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Financials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI), which rose 3.53% or 0.1200 points to trade at 3.5240 at the close. Meanwhile, CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) added 3.46% or 0.345 points to end at 10.320 and Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) was up 2.74% or 0.076 points to 2.854 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Freni Brembo SpA (MI:BRBI), which fell 2.26% or 0.31 points to trade at 13.42 at the close. Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI) declined 2.21% or 0.14 points to end at 6.20 and Italgas SpA (MI:IG) was down 1.96% or 0.09 points to 4.69.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 186 to 175 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) rose to all time highs; up 3.46% or 0.345 to 10.320.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.74% or 0.34 to $45.98 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.90% or 0.43 to hit $48.29 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.59% or 7.58 to trade at $1271.92 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.10% to 1.1199, while EUR/GBP rose 0.73% to 0.8798.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 97.24.