Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Healthcare and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the FTSE MIB gained 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE MIB were Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MILAN:EMII), which rose 5.12% or 0.360 points to trade at 7.395 at the close. Meanwhile, Luxottica Group (MILAN:LUX) added 2.97% or 1.70 points to end at 59.00 and Mediobanca (MILAN:MDBI) was up 2.53% or 0.215 points to 8.720 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics (MILAN:STM), which fell 13.37% or 1.100 points to trade at 7.130 at the close. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MILAN:FCHA) declined 5.65% or 0.800 points to end at 13.350 and Yoox (MILAN:YOOX) was down 3.66% or 1.07 points to 28.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 257 to 214 and 7 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.06% or 0.62 to $59.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.09% or 0.71 to hit $66.56 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 2.52% or 30.50 to trade at $1179.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.52% to 1.1186, while EUR/GBP rose 1.38% to 0.7308.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 95.19.