Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Travel & Leisure and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.87%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI), which rose 5.77% or 0.1700 points to trade at 3.1180 at the close. Meanwhile, Exor NV (MI:EXOR) added 4.36% or 2.25 points to end at 53.90 and STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) was up 2.68% or 0.380 points to 14.580 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI), which fell 0.82% or 0.05 points to trade at 6.08 at the close. Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST) declined 0.65% or 0.040 points to end at 6.105 and Italgas SpA (MI:IG) was down 0.59% or 0.03 points to 4.74.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 255 to 87 and 23 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.61% or 1.20 to $47.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 3.61% or 1.83 to hit $52.56 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.70% or 9.22 to trade at $1323.32 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1881, while EUR/GBP rose 0.25% to 0.9217.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 92.81.