Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Healthcare and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 1.09% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT), which rose 4.45% or 0.0365 points to trade at 0.8575 at the close. Meanwhile, A2A (MI:A2) added 3.06% or 0.036 points to end at 1.213 and Recordati (MI:RECI) was up 2.75% or 0.72 points to 26.93 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI), which fell 1.02% or 0.085 points to trade at 8.255 at the close. Unicredit (MI:CRDI) declined 0.56% or 0.0160 points to end at 2.8360 and Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) was down 0.54% or 0.12 points to 22.23.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 201 to 127 and 17 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.26% or 0.14 to $52.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.15% or 0.08 to hit $54.97 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.27% or 3.05 to trade at $1133.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.0450, while EUR/GBP rose 0.35% to 0.8527.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 103.00.