Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Telecoms and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Moncler SpA (MI:MONC), which rose 3.87% or 0.59 points to trade at 15.84 at the close. Meanwhile, STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) added 2.22% or 0.150 points to end at 6.895 and UnipolSai Assicurazioni SpA (MI:US) was up 1.97% or 0.029 points to 1.502 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unicredit (MI:CRDI), which fell 2.25% or 0.0480 points to trade at 2.0900 at the close. Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) declined 2.20% or 0.47 points to end at 20.86 and Mediobanca (MI:MDBI) was down 1.87% or 0.125 points to 6.555.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 223 to 162 and 34 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.35% or 0.59 to $44.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 2.14% or 0.98 to hit $46.83 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.48% or 6.35 to trade at $1319.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.10% to 1.1238, while EUR/GBP rose 0.12% to 0.8511.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 95.36.