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

At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.55%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT: CPRI ), which rose 6.26% or 0.34 points to trade at 5.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Poste Italiane SpA (BIT: PST ) added 2.64% or 0.38 points to end at 14.94 and Moncler SpA (BIT: MONC ) was up 2.26% or 1.50 points to 67.86 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Recordati (BIT: RECI ), which fell 1.37% or 0.75 points to trade at 54.10 at the close. Buzzi Unicem (BIT: BZU ) declined 1.10% or 0.48 points to end at 43.34 and Eni SpA (BIT: ENI ) was down 0.67% or 0.09 points to 13.96.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 330 to 208 and 57 ended unchanged.

Shares in Poste Italiane SpA (BIT: PST ) rose to all time highs; up 2.64% or 0.38 to 14.94.

Crude oil for April delivery was down 2.08% or 1.51 to $70.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.96% or 1.50 to hit $74.98 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.18% or 5.30 to trade at $2,950.80 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.41% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.23% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 106.57.