Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Oil&Gas and Travel&Leisure sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Italy 40 added 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the Italy 40 were Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA), which rose 3.25% or 0.456 points to trade at 14.490 at the close. Meanwhile, STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) added 2.56% or 0.435 points to end at 17.425 and Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) was up 2.15% or 0.39 points to 18.28 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pirelli&C SPA (MI:PIRC), which fell 2.77% or 0.20 points to trade at 7.16 at the close. Snam (MI:SRG) declined 1.94% or 0.072 points to end at 3.640 and A2A (MI:A2) was down 1.34% or 0.021 points to 1.545.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 188 to 141 and 34 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.81% or 1.23 to $69.06 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.93% or 1.44 to hit $76.17 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.64% or 19.60 to trade at $1213.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.76% to 1.1628, while EUR/GBP rose 0.42% to 0.9044.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.55% at 95.02.
