Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Chemicals and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.57% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP), which rose 4.09% or 0.93 points to trade at 23.68 at the close. Meanwhile, UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI) added 2.35% or 0.3100 points to end at 13.5000 and Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF) was up 2.24% or 0.300 points to 13.720 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Prysmian (MI:PRY), which fell 2.71% or 0.66 points to trade at 23.67 at the close. Luxottica Group (MI:LUX) declined 1.79% or 0.90 points to end at 49.50 and UnipolSai Assicurazioni SpA (MI:US) was down 1.26% or 0.026 points to 2.032.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 192 to 144 and 20 ended unchanged.
Shares in Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.24% or 0.300 to 13.720.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.67% or 0.90 to $52.93 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.65% or 0.93 to hit $55.43 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.01% or 12.65 to trade at $1237.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.32% to 1.0513, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8569.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 102.10.