Italy stocks higher at close of trade; Investing.com Italy 40 up 1.57%

Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials , Telecoms and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 1.57% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were UniCredit SpA (BIT:CRDI ), which rose 5.03% or 1.89 points to trade at 39.46 at the close. Meanwhile, Bper Banca SpA (BIT:EMII ) added 4.52% or 0.26 points to end at 6.06 and Telecom Italia (BIT:TLIT ) was up 4.45% or 0.01 points to 0.24 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Prysmian SpA (BIT:PRY ), which fell 0.86% or 0.56 points to trade at 64.40 at the close. Recordati (BIT:RECI ) declined 0.68% or 0.35 points to end at 51.40 and Brunello Cucinelli (BIT:BCU ) was down 0.52% or 0.50 points to 95.80.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 316 to 209 and 60 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.13% or 0.09 to $68.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $72.27 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.71% or 18.89 to trade at $2,657.31 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was up 0.57% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.13% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.43% at 105.83.

Source: Investing.com