Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials, Financials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 1.30%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI), which rose 10.63% or 0.954 points to trade at 9.930 at the close. Meanwhile, Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) added 7.74% or 1.02 points to end at 14.20 and Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) was up 6.17% or 0.2590 points to 4.4570 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Moncler SpA (MI:MONC), which fell 3.53% or 1.40 points to trade at 38.25 at the close. Freni Brembo SpA (MI:BRBI) declined 2.41% or 0.29 points to end at 11.75 and Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI) was down 2.09% or 0.16 points to 7.48.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 250 to 120 and 27 ended unchanged.
Shares in Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) rose to 52-week highs; rising 6.17% or 0.2590 to 4.4570.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.65% or 0.45 to $69.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.81% or 0.60 to hit $74.53 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.44% or 5.40 to trade at $1226.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.54% to 1.1665, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.8885.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 94.40.