Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Travel & Leisure, Chemicals and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.53%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Iveco Group NV (BIT:IVG), which rose 4.23% or 0.39 points to trade at 9.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Nexi SpA (BIT:NEXII) added 3.97% or 0.21 points to end at 5.61 and Leonardo SpA (BIT:LDOF) was up 2.12% or 0.53 points to 25.48 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were DiaSorin SpA (BIT:DIAS), which fell 1.40% or 1.50 points to trade at 105.55 at the close. Telecom Italia (BIT:TLIT) unchanged 1.20% or 0.00 points to end at 0.23 and Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT:CPRI) was down 1.04% or 0.06 points to 5.69.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 316 to 170 and 50 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.16% or 0.11 to $68.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.25% or 0.18 to hit $72.48 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.03% or 0.81 to trade at $2,665.61 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.18% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 106.16.