Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Ferrari NV (MI:RACE), which rose 7.46% or 7.16 points to trade at 103.20 at the close. Meanwhile, CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) added 4.74% or 0.565 points to end at 12.480 and Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) was up 2.25% or 0.51 points to 23.17 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI), which fell 1.96% or 0.060 points to trade at 3.003 at the close. Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (MI:UNPI) declined 1.85% or 0.082 points to end at 4.359 and Atlantia (MI:ATL) was down 1.46% or 0.39 points to 26.29.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 229 to 127 and 35 ended unchanged.
Shares in CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.74% or 0.565 to 12.480.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.16% or 0.75 to $65.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.57% or 0.39 to hit $69.28 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 2.40 to trade at $1345.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.56% to 1.2482, while EUR/GBP rose 0.16% to 0.8761.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 88.64.