Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Financials and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Popolare di Milano Scarl (MI:PMII), which rose 6.95% or 0.0232 points to trade at 0.3572 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Popolare Sc (MI:BAPO) added 4.28% or 0.086 points to end at 2.096 and STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) was up 3.57% or 0.250 points to 7.250 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Luxottica Group (MI:LUX), which fell 1.35% or 0.58 points to trade at 42.52 at the close. Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) declined 1.17% or 0.0022 points to end at 0.1861 and Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) was down 1.13% or 0.15 points to 13.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 214 to 199 and 30 ended unchanged.
Shares in Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) fell to all time lows; losing 1.17% or 0.0022 to 0.1861. Shares in STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.57% or 0.250 to 7.250.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.56% or 0.27 to $48.10 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.44% or 0.22 to hit $50.03 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.38% or 5.05 to trade at $1320.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.17% to 1.1238, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.8649.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.09% at 95.34.