Italy stocks higher at close of trade; Investing.com Italy 40 up 1.43%

Rome: Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Industrials and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 1.43%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Mediobanca Banca di Credito Finanziario SpA (BIT:MDBI), which rose 6.61% or 1.09 points to trade at 17.59 at the close. Meanwhile, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (BIT:BMPS) added 4.64% or 0.32 points to end at 7.20 and Iveco Group NV (BIT:IVG) was up 3.44% or 0.47 points to 13.98 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT:CPRI), which fell 2.21% or 0.13 points to trade at 5.57 at the close. Inwit (BIT:INWT) declined 0.68% or 0.07 points to end at 10.22 and Amplifon (BIT:AMPF) was down 0.67% or 0.12 points to 16.93.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 350 to 139 and 49 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.19% or 0.12 to $62.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.23% or 0.15 to hit $66.70 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.65% or 55.26 to trade at $3,293.34 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.04% to 1.14, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.07% to 0.85. The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 99.26.