Italy stocks higher at close of trade; Investing.com Italy 40 up 0.99%

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

At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.99%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Iveco Group NV (BIT:IVG ), which rose 2.61% or 0.24 points to trade at 9.29 at the close. Meanwhile, Enel (BIT:ENEI ) added 1.62% or 0.11 points to end at 6.71 and DiaSorin SpA (BIT:DIAS ) was up 1.58% or 1.60 points to 103.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Brunello Cucinelli (BIT:BCU ), which fell 0.99% or 0.90 points to trade at 89.60 at the close. Prysmian SpA (BIT:PRY ) declined 0.03% or 0.02 points to end at 61.80 and Ferrari NV (BIT:RACE ) was down 0.02% or 0.10 points to 431.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 329 to 135 and 50 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.49% or 1.82 to $74.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 2.31% or 1.78 to hit $79.00 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.03% or 26.00 to trade at $2,542.70 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was up 0.58% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.21% to 0.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.64% at 100.75.

Source: Investing.com