Italy stocks higher at close of trade; Investing.com Italy 40 up 0.34%

Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Chemicals and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.34%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Eni SpA (BIT:ENI), which rose 5.82% or 1.52 points to trade at 27.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Tenaris SA (BIT:TENR) added 4.51% or 1.12 points to end at 25.93 and Saipem SpA (BIT:SPMI) was up 4.17% or 0.18 points to 4.39 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Stellantis NV (BIT:STLAM), which fell 6.29% or 0.24 points to trade at 3.56 at the close. Technoprobe SpA (BIT:TPRO) declined 4.13% or 1.02 points to end at 23.68 and Moncler SpA (BIT:MONC) was down 3.18% or 1.40 points to 42.66.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 423 to 276 and 62 ended unchanged.

Shares in Eni SpA (BIT:ENI) rose to 5-year highs; rising 5.82% or 1.52 to 27.65. Shares in Stellantis NV (BIT:STLAM) fell to 5-year lows; losing 6.29% or 0.24 to 3.56.

Crude oil for December delivery was up 3.32% or 3.30 to $102.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 3.21% or 3.63 to hit $116.80 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.06% or 43.20 to trade at $4,017.20 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.15% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.04% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 101.61.