Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Technology and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were UBI Banca (MI:UBI), which rose 7.33% or 0.2500 points to trade at 3.6600 at the close. Meanwhile, Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) added 5.41% or 0.290 points to end at 5.655 and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) was up 4.81% or 0.430 points to 9.370 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP), which fell 5.05% or 1.44 points to trade at 27.05 at the close. Luxottica Group (MI:LUX) declined 2.75% or 1.45 points to end at 51.25 and Prysmian (MI:PRY) was down 1.49% or 0.37 points to 24.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 180 to 151 and 22 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.90% or 0.46 to $51.54 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.83% or 0.45 to hit $54.37 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.97% or 11.75 to trade at $1200.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.0633, while EUR/GBP fell 0.44% to 0.8633.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 101.39.