Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Utilities and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER), which rose 2.45% or 0.68 points to trade at 28.43 at the close. Meanwhile, Italgas SpA (MI:IG) added 1.97% or 0.08 points to end at 4.13 and CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) was up 1.93% or 0.175 points to 9.250 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT), which fell 1.46% or 0.25 points to trade at 16.83 at the close. Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) declined 1.28% or 0.30 points to end at 23.07 and Mediaset (MI:MS) was down 1.16% or 0.044 points to 3.746.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 182 to 166 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) rose to 3-years highs; up 1.93% or 0.175 to 9.250.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.08% or 0.55 to $51.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.01% or 0.55 to hit $54.91 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.48% or 6.05 to trade at $1254.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.09% to 1.0654, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.8535.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 100.54.