Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Financials and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banco Popolare Sc (MI:BAPO), which rose 3.96% or 0.0940 points to trade at 2.4700 at the close. Meanwhile, Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) added 3.21% or 0.110 points to end at 3.538 and Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) was up 3.03% or 0.58 points to 19.73 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Prysmian (MI:PRY), which fell 1.42% or 0.29 points to trade at 20.16 at the close. Unipol (MI:UNPI) declined 1.38% or 0.034 points to end at 2.438 and Saipem (MI:SPMI) was down 1.07% or 0.0047 points to 0.4326.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 208 to 181 and 31 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.84% or 0.84 to $44.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.65% or 0.78 to hit $46.39 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.91% or 12.05 to trade at $1331.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.05% to 1.1009, while EUR/GBP fell 0.01% to 0.8337.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 97.03.