Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Travel & Leisure, Utilities and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.61% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Juventus Football Club (MI:JUVE), which rose 4.59% or 0.0560 points to trade at 1.2760 at the close. Meanwhile, Terna (MI:TRN) added 2.25% or 0.116 points to end at 5.278 and CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) was up 1.84% or 0.154 points to 8.514 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were A2A (MI:A2), which fell 3.41% or 0.056 points to trade at 1.586 at the close. Amplifon (MI:AMPF) declined 2.42% or 0.390 points to end at 15.700 and Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) was down 1.59% or 0.50 points to 30.86.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 194 to 169 and 22 ended unchanged.
Shares in Terna (MI:TRN) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.25% or 0.116 to 5.278.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.17% or 0.09 to $52.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.13% or 0.08 to hit $61.36 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 2.70 to trade at $1289.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.27% to 1.1509, while EUR/GBP rose 0.03% to 0.9026.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 95.065.