Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Telecoms and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.39% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Brunello Cucinelli (BIT:BCU), which rose 8.04% or 7.90 points to trade at 106.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Bper Banca SpA (BIT:EMII) added 4.90% or 0.29 points to end at 6.12 and Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (BIT:UNPI) was up 1.80% or 0.21 points to 11.87 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Prysmian SpA (BIT:PRY), which fell 2.52% or 1.60 points to trade at 61.80 at the close. Snam SpA (BIT:SRG) declined 1.17% or 0.05 points to end at 4.32 and DiaSorin SpA (BIT:DIAS) was down 1.12% or 1.15 points to 101.85.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 264 to 256 and 52 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bper Banca SpA (BIT:EMII) rose to 5-year highs; rising 4.90% or 0.29 to 6.12.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.31% or 0.22 to $70.07 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.24% or 0.18 to hit $73.34 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 1.82% or 50.09 to trade at $2,706.61 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.16% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.44% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 106.28.
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