Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Chemicals and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.51% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which rose 3.51% or 0.550 points to trade at 16.235 at the close. Meanwhile, Italgas SpA (MI:IG) added 2.11% or 0.101 points to end at 4.891 and Snam (MI:SRG) was up 2.10% or 0.077 points to 3.739 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI), which fell 2.44% or 0.0920 points to trade at 3.6820 at the close. Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) declined 1.75% or 0.0860 points to end at 4.8330 and Salvatore Ferragamo SpA (MI:SFER) was down 1.63% or 0.35 points to 21.13.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 226 to 156 and 24 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.42% or 0.30 to $70.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.82% or 0.65 to hit $78.75 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 1.30 to trade at $1209.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.69% to 1.1753, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.8879.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.49% at 93.66.