Italy stocks higher at close of trade; Investing.com Italy 40 up 1.23%

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 gained 1.23%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Recordati (BIT:RECI ), which rose 4.75% or 2.35 points to trade at 51.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Saipem SpA (BIT:SPMI ) added 4.29% or 0.08 points to end at 2.04 and Bper Banca SpA (BIT:EMII ) was up 4.28% or 0.21 points to 5.12 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Prysmian SpA (BIT:PRY ), which fell 0.89% or 0.58 points to trade at 64.40 at the close. Enel (BIT:ENEI ) declined 0.42% or 0.03 points to end at 6.95 and Amplifon (BIT:AMPF ) was down 0.39% or 0.10 points to 25.73.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 332 to 154 and 40 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.63% or 1.20 to $74.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.42% or 1.10 to hit $78.72 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 5.80 to trade at $2,673.40 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was down 0.66% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.51% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.61% at 102.37.

Source: Investing.com