Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Industrials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 2.44%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT), which rose 5.22% or 0.0396 points to trade at 0.7978 at the close. Meanwhile, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) added 4.85% or 0.854 points to end at 18.468 and Tenaris (MI:TENR) was up 4.60% or 0.64 points to 14.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Terna (MI:TRN), which fell 0.17% or 0.008 points to trade at 4.744 at the close. A2A (MI:A2) added 0.03% or 0.001 points to end at 1.567 and Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) was up 0.21% or 0.08 points to 37.87.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 275 to 79 and 37 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.39% or 0.25 to $63.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.56% or 0.38 to hit $68.40 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.85% or 11.40 to trade at $1328.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.31% to 1.2239, while EUR/GBP rose 0.23% to 0.8741.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 90.15.