Italy Stock Market Overview

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 rose 1.16%.

Top Performers

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were:
– UniCredit SpA (BIT:CRDI): rose 3.55% or 1.45 points to trade at 42.13 at the close.
– Banco Bpm SpA (BIT:BAMI): added 2.55% or 0.16 points to end at 6.35.
– Intesa Sanpaolo SpA (BIT:ISP): was up 2.45% or 0.10 points to 4.03 in late trade.

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session were:
– STMicroelectronics (BIT:STMMI): fell 0.68% or 0.17 points to 24.86 at the close.
– A2A SpA (BIT:A2): declined 0.52% or 0.01 points to 2.09.
– FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (BIT:FBK): was down 0.48% or 0.07 points to 14.61.

Market Insights

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 275 to 180, with 51 ending unchanged.

Shares in UniCredit SpA (BIT:CRDI) rose to 5-year highs, increasing 3.55% or 1.45 to 42.13. Meanwhile, shares in Intesa Sanpaolo SpA (BIT:ISP) reached 5-year highs as well, rising 2.45% or 0.10 to 4.03.

Commodities Update

Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.01% or 0.70 to $69.96 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading:
– Brent oil for January rose 0.99% or 0.72 to hit $73.53 a barrel.
– December Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 2.95 to trade at $2,752.25 a troy ounce.

Currency Market

• EUR/USD was unchanged 0.30% to 1.09.
• EUR/GBP fell 0.70% to 0.84.
• The US Dollar Index Futures were up 0.20% at 104.09.