Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemicals, Travel & Leisure and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.62%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (BIT:FBK), which rose 2.52% or 0.36 points to trade at 14.64 at the close. Meanwhile, Iveco Group NV (BIT:IVG) added 2.24% or 0.23 points to end at 10.50 and Leonardo SpA (BIT:LDOF) was up 2.14% or 0.48 points to 22.86 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saipem SpA (BIT:SPMI), which fell 0.56% or 0.01 points to trade at 2.32 at the close. Amplifon (BIT:AMPF) declined 0.36% or 0.12 points to end at 33.28 and Moncler SpA (BIT:MONC) was down 0.28% or 0.16 points to 56.38.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 285 to 183 and 44 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.02% or 0.02 to $83.86 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.11% or 0.10 to hit $87.44 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 3.40 to trade at $2,366.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.24% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.08% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 104.81.