Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemicals, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER), which rose 2.95% or 0.63 points to trade at 22.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Campari (MI:CPRI) added 2.93% or 0.23 points to end at 8.27 and A2A (MI:A2) was up 2.42% or 0.031 points to 1.310 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Prysmian (MI:PRY), which fell 1.01% or 0.20 points to trade at 19.56 at the close. Unipol (MI:UNPI) declined 0.96% or 0.044 points to end at 4.550 and Terna (MI:TRN) was down 0.73% or 0.034 points to 4.634.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 271 to 160 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Campari (MI:CPRI) rose to all time highs; up 2.93% or 0.23 to 8.27. Shares in A2A (MI:A2) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 2.42% or 0.031 to 1.310.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.81% or 0.34 to $41.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $44.13 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.14% or 12.20 to trade at $1080.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.70% to 1.0735, while EUR/GBP rose 0.23% to 0.7015.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.66% at 99.01.