Investing.com – Italian stocks were higher after Thursday’s close as gains in the , and sectors pushed shares higher.
At the closing in Milan, 0.53% was added.
The best performers of the session on the stock market were Iveco Group NV (BIT:), which rose 4.23% or 0.39 points to close at 9.50. Meanwhile, Nexi SpA (BIT:) added 3.97% or 0.21 points to end at 5.61 and Leonardo SpA (BIT:) rose 2.12% or 0.53 points to 25.48 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were DiaSorin SpA (BIT:), which fell 1.40% or 1.50 points to trade at 105.55 at the close. Telecom Italy (BIT:) unchanged 1.20% or 0.00 points to end at 0.23 and Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT:) fell by 1.04% or 0.06 points to 5.69.
On the Milan Stock Exchange, rising shares outnumbered falling shares by 316 to 170 and 50 ended unchanged.
January crude oil deliveries rose 0.16%, or 0.11, to $68.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent crude for February delivery rose 0.25% or 0.18 to $72.48 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.03% or 0.81 to $2,665. 61 per troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP was unchanged 0.18% to 0.83.
US Dollar Index Futures rose 0.11% to 106.16.
