Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.65% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI), which rose 3.65% or 0.1420 points to trade at 4.0320 at the close. Meanwhile, Tenaris (MI:TENR) added 2.55% or 0.35 points to end at 14.07 and FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (MI:FBK) was up 2.39% or 0.22 points to 9.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP), which fell 3.58% or 1.10 points to trade at 29.66 at the close. Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) declined 1.64% or 0.42 points to end at 25.20 and Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) was down 1.53% or 0.34 points to 21.90.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 179 to 172 and 38 ended unchanged.
Shares in FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (MI:FBK) rose to all time highs; up 2.39% or 0.22 to 9.65.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.49% or 0.95 to $64.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.78% or 0.54 to hit $69.74 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.27% or 3.50 to trade at $1322.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.74% to 1.2036, while EUR/GBP rose 0.45% to 0.8886.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 91.65.