Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Industrials and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.80%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which rose 10.16% or 1.270 points to trade at 13.765 at the close. Meanwhile, Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) added 7.60% or 0.74 points to end at 10.53 and Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF) was up 2.53% or 0.202 points to 8.180 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI), which fell 2.04% or 0.0480 points to trade at 2.3090 at the close. Recordati (MI:RECI) declined 1.73% or 0.53 points to end at 30.17 and Banco Bpm SpA (MI:BAMI) was down 1.69% or 0.031 points to 1.781.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 212 to 150 and 32 ended unchanged.
Shares in Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.04% or 0.0480 to 2.3090.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.10% or 0.58 to $53.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.15% or 0.09 to hit $61.23 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.35% or 4.45 to trade at $1279.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.65% to 1.1305, while EUR/GBP fell 0.32% to 0.8678.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.53% at 96.282.