Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology , Telecoms and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.36% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Moncler SpA (BIT: MONC ), which rose 4.96% or 2.37 points to trade at 50.18 at the close. Meanwhile, Stellantis NV (BIT: STLAM ) added 3.19% or 0.40 points to end at 12.95 and Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT: CPRI ) was up 2.69% or 0.16 points to 6.27 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Tenaris SA (BIT: TENR ), which fell 2.96% or 0.55 points to trade at 18.05 at the close. Bper Banca SpA (BIT: EMII ) declined 2.84% or 0.17 points to end at 5.89 and Saipem SpA (BIT: SPMI ) was down 2.05% or 0.05 points to 2.49.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 296 to 227 and 57 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.20% or 0.82 to $67.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.01% or 0.73 to hit $71.36 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.44% or 11.64 to trade at $2,660.04 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.27% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.08% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 106.00.