Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Chemicals and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 1.10% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Poste Italiane SpA (BIT:PST), which rose 3.00% or 0.39 points to trade at 13.38 at the close. Meanwhile, Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT:CPRI) added 2.91% or 0.22 points to end at 7.77 and FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (BIT:FBK) was up 2.51% or 0.38 points to 15.34 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Stellantis NV (BIT:STLAM), which fell 0.45% or 0.05 points to trade at 11.96 at the close. ERG (BIT:ERG) declined 0.44% or 0.10 points to end at 22.62 and Inwit (BIT:INWT) was down 0.27% or 0.03 points to 10.99.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 319 to 199 and 44 ended unchanged.
Shares in Poste Italiane SpA (BIT:PST) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.00% or 0.39 to 13.38.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.11% or 0.08 to $70.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $74.19 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.55% or 14.75 to trade at $2,706.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.29% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.37% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 103.61.