Italy stocks higher at close of trade; Investing.com Italy 40 up 0.34%

Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology , Telecoms and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.34%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Iveco Group NV (BIT:IVG ), which rose 2.52% or 0.22 points to trade at 8.86 at the close. Meanwhile, Telecom Italia (BIT:TLIT ) added 2.41% or 0.01 points to end at 0.25 and STMicroelectronics (BIT:STMMI ) was up 1.92% or 0.49 points to 25.76 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT:CPRI ), which fell 5.64% or 0.47 points to trade at 7.80 at the close. Nexi SpA (BIT:NEXII ) declined 2.84% or 0.18 points to end at 6.15 and FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (BIT:FBK ) was down 0.96% or 0.15 points to 15.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 333 to 149 and 35 ended unchanged.

Shares in Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT:CPRI ) fell to 3-years lows; losing 5.64% or 0.47 to 7.80.

Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.48% or 0.33 to $69.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.43% or 0.31 to hit $72.28 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.23% or 31.70 to trade at $2,612.30 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.05% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 101.06.

Source: Investing.com