Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Travel & Leisure, Chemicals and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.61% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU), which rose 3.09% or 0.72 points to trade at 24.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Campari (MI:CPRI) added 3.03% or 0.32 points to end at 10.87 and Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) was up 2.13% or 0.058 points to 2.778 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF), which fell 1.34% or 0.180 points to trade at 13.290 at the close. Saipem (MI:SPMI) declined 1.25% or 0.0054 points to end at 0.4255 and Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (MI:UNPI) was down 0.51% or 0.020 points to 3.876.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 183 to 154 and 24 ended unchanged.
Shares in Campari (MI:CPRI) rose to all time highs; up 3.03% or 0.32 to 10.87.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.22% or 0.11 to $50.46 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.38% or 0.20 to hit $53.33 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $1245.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.14% to 1.0691, while EUR/GBP fell 0.37% to 0.8530.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 100.22.