Italy stocks higher at close of trade; Investing.com Italy 40 up 1.16%

Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Healthcare and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 1.16%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were UniCredit SpA (BIT:CRDI), which rose 3.55% or 1.45 points to trade at 42.13 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Bpm SpA (BIT:BAMI) added 2.55% or 0.16 points to end at 6.35 and Intesa Sanpaolo SpA (BIT:ISP) was up 2.45% or 0.10 points to 4.03 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics (BIT:STMMI), which fell 0.68% or 0.17 points to trade at 24.86 at the close. A2A SpA (BIT:A2) declined 0.52% or 0.01 points to end at 2.09 and FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (BIT:FBK) was down 0.48% or 0.07 points to 14.61.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 275 to 180 and 51 ended unchanged.

Shares in UniCredit SpA (BIT:CRDI) rose to 5-year highs; rising 3.55% or 1.45 to 42.13. Shares in Intesa Sanpaolo SpA (BIT:ISP) rose to 5-year highs; rising 2.45% or 0.10 to 4.03.

Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.01% or 0.70 to $69.96 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.99% or 0.72 to hit $73.53 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 2.95 to trade at $2,752.25 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.30% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP fell 0.70% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 104.09.