Italy stocks higher at close of trade; Investing.com Italy 40 up 0.53%

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

At the close in Milan, the added 0.53%.

The best performers of the session on the were Iveco Group NV (BIT:), which rose 4.23% or 0.39 points to trade at 9.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Nexi SpA (BIT:) added 3.97% or 0.21 points to end at 5.61 and Leonardo SpA (BIT:) was up 2.12% or 0.53 points to 25.48 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were DiaSorin SpA (BIT:), which fell 1.40% or 1.50 points to trade at 105.55 at the close. Telecom Italia (BIT:) unchanged 1.20% or 0.00 points to end at 0.23 and Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT:) 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.