Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Chemicals and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.94%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI), which rose 5.39% or 0.440 points to trade at 8.610 at the close. Meanwhile, STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) added 5.00% or 0.630 points to end at 13.230 and Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST) was up 3.85% or 0.225 points to 6.070 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saipem (MI:SPMI), which fell 2.75% or 0.0130 points to trade at 0.4600 at the close. UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI) declined 1.65% or 0.4400 points to end at 26.1600 and UBI Banca (MI:UBI) was down 1.47% or 0.0480 points to 3.2280.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 170 to 167 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 5.00% or 0.630 to 13.230.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.06% or 0.03 to $53.85 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.19% or 0.11 to hit $56.91 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.92% or 11.15 to trade at $1219.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.29% to 1.0800, while EUR/GBP rose 1.27% to 0.8615.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 99.52.