Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Industrials and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.92%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA), which rose 5.03% or 0.470 points to trade at 9.815 at the close. Meanwhile, Atlantia (MI:ATL) added 3.43% or 0.85 points to end at 25.63 and Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) was up 3.17% or 0.088 points to 2.860 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Freni Brembo SpA (MI:BRBI), which fell 1.27% or 0.18 points to trade at 13.99 at the close. UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI) declined 0.71% or 0.1100 points to end at 15.4600 and STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) was down 0.68% or 0.100 points to 14.570.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 198 to 156 and 18 ended unchanged.
Shares in Atlantia (MI:ATL) rose to all time highs; up 3.43% or 0.85 to 25.63.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.10% or 0.53 to $48.85 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.69% or 0.35 to hit $51.11 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.65% or 8.32 to trade at $1263.68 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.30% to 1.1210, while EUR/GBP fell 0.28% to 0.8700.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 97.16.