Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.52% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI), which rose 4.35% or 0.1740 points to trade at 4.1760 at the close. Meanwhile, Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) added 4.17% or 1.26 points to end at 31.45 and Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) was up 2.12% or 0.48 points to 23.13 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tenaris (MI:TENR), which fell 1.24% or 0.15 points to trade at 11.96 at the close. Luxottica Group (MI:LUX) declined 0.95% or 0.45 points to end at 47.15 and Terna (MI:TRN) was down 0.88% or 0.044 points to 4.942.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 211 to 156 and 14 ended unchanged.
Shares in Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.35% or 0.1740 to 4.1760. Shares in Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 4.17% or 1.26 to 31.45.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.16% or 0.08 to $50.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $56.31 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.43% or 18.89 to trade at $1297.51 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.34% to 1.1934, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.8801.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 92.01.