Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.91%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Recordati (MI:RECI), which rose 4.04% or 1.09 points to trade at 28.09 at the close. Meanwhile, UBI Banca (MI:UBI) added 3.63% or 0.1100 points to end at 3.1400 and Saipem (MI:SPMI) was up 3.13% or 0.0142 points to 0.4672 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which fell 1.46% or 0.190 points to trade at 12.850 at the close. Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) declined 1.06% or 0.18 points to end at 16.87 and Prysmian (MI:PRY) was down 0.57% or 0.14 points to 24.42.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 201 to 127 and 13 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.05% or 0.55 to $52.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.63% or 0.35 to hit $55.47 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.49% or 6.05 to trade at $1233.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.37% to 1.0658, while EUR/GBP fell 0.21% to 0.8514.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.47% at 100.61.