Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Travel & Leisure and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 1.20% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which rose 4.93% or 0.870 points to trade at 18.515 at the close. Meanwhile, Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (MI:UNPI) added 2.73% or 0.113 points to end at 4.252 and CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) was up 2.42% or 0.234 points to 9.906 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (MI:FBK), which fell 0.46% or 0.04 points to trade at 9.63 at the close. Mediaset (MI:MS) declined 0.09% or 0.003 points to end at 3.245 and Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) was 0.00% or 0.00 points to 33.75.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 237 to 115 and 32 ended unchanged.
Shares in Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) unchanged to all time highs; unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to 33.75.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.18% or 0.12 to $66.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.51% or 0.37 to hit $71.69 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.45% or 19.70 to trade at $1340.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.36% to 1.2322, while EUR/GBP fell 0.75% to 0.8658.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 89.51.