Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Recordati (MI:RECI), which rose 3.88% or 1.12 points to trade at 29.98 at the close. Meanwhile, Mediaset (MI:MS) added 3.18% or 0.096 points to end at 3.112 and Pirelli & C SPA (MI:PIRC) was up 2.33% or 0.16 points to 7.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI), which fell 1.04% or 0.0390 points to trade at 3.7110 at the close. Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI) declined 0.81% or 0.05 points to end at 6.15 and Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) was down 0.72% or 0.021 points to 2.817.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 212 to 131 and 38 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.48% or 0.31 to $64.69 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.38% or 0.26 to hit $69.02 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 0.80 to trade at $1323.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.11% to 1.2296, while EUR/GBP rose 0.22% to 0.8763.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 89.76.