Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 1.17% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were UBI Banca (MI:UBI), which rose 4.93% or 0.1540 points to trade at 3.2800 at the close. Meanwhile, Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) added 4.49% or 0.202 points to end at 4.700 and UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI) was up 3.70% or 0.5000 points to 14.0000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tenaris (MI:TENR), which fell 1.02% or 0.16 points to trade at 15.45 at the close. Mediaset (MI:MS) declined 0.77% or 0.030 points to end at 3.860 and Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) was down 0.76% or 0.18 points to 23.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 202 to 144 and 15 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.14% or 0.60 to $53.21 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.03% or 0.57 to hit $55.65 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.71% or 8.75 to trade at $1224.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.45% to 1.0553, while EUR/GBP rose 0.61% to 0.8619.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 101.94.