Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.24% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Tenaris (MI:TENR), which rose 2.44% or 0.29 points to trade at 12.18 at the close. Meanwhile, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) added 2.41% or 0.330 points to end at 14.050 and STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) was up 2.10% or 0.330 points to 16.080 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banca Popolare dell’Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII), which fell 2.04% or 0.098 points to trade at 4.708 at the close. UnipolSai Assicurazioni SpA (MI:US) declined 1.88% or 0.037 points to end at 1.926 and Snam (MI:SRG) was down 1.59% or 0.066 points to 4.082.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 187 to 166 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.41% or 0.330 to 14.050. Shares in STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.10% or 0.330 to 16.080.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.60% or 0.79 to $50.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.80% or 0.44 to hit $55.60 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 1.82 to trade at $1329.82 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1879, while EUR/GBP fell 1.42% to 0.8869.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 92.32.