Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the gained 2.17%.
The best performers of the session on the were Mediobanca Banca di Credito Finanziario SpA (BIT:), which rose 4.30% or 0.61 points to trade at 14.69 at the close. Meanwhile, UniCredit SpA (BIT:) added 3.68% or 1.29 points to end at 36.34 and Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (BIT:) was up 3.66% or 0.33 points to 9.34 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ERG (BIT:), which fell 0.17% or 0.04 points to trade at 23.38 at the close. Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale SpA (BIT:) unchanged 0.05% or 0.00 points to end at 7.69 and Inwit (BIT:) was up 0.10% or 0.01 points to 10.49.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 360 to 133 and 33 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.52% or 1.19 to $76.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.35% or 1.09 to hit $79.95 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.58% or 39.30 to trade at $2,531.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.26% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.20% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 102.54.
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