Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Telecoms and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 2.81%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Mediaset (MI:MS), which rose 9.23% or 0.282 points to trade at 3.338 at the close. Meanwhile, Atlantia (MI:ATL) added 5.05% or 1.30 points to end at 27.05 and STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) was up 4.65% or 0.875 points to 19.685 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER), which fell 0.69% or 0.15 points to trade at 21.70 at the close. Ferrari NV (MI:RACE) declined 0.55% or 0.55 points to end at 100.00 and Recordati (MI:RECI) was down 0.43% or 0.13 points to 29.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 246 to 111 and 26 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.24% or 0.76 to $60.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.84% or 0.54 to hit $63.80 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.50% or 6.60 to trade at $1321.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.83% to 1.2308, while EUR/GBP fell 0.24% to 0.8909.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.64% at 90.13.