Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Unicredit (MI:CRDI), which rose 2.29% or 0.0480 points to trade at 2.1400 at the close. Meanwhile, A2A (MI:A2) added 2.25% or 0.027 points to end at 1.229 and Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) was up 2.11% or 0.30 points to 14.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS), which fell 3.34% or 0.0058 points to trade at 0.1679 at the close. Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST) declined 2.02% or 0.125 points to end at 6.075 and Mediaset (MI:MS) was down 1.50% or 0.042 points to 2.762.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 217 to 184 and 34 ended unchanged.
Shares in Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) fell to all time lows; falling 3.34% or 0.0058 to 0.1679.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.00% or 0.50 to $50.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.16% or 0.60 to hit $52.46 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 1.01% or 12.85 to trade at $1255.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.38% to 1.1162, while EUR/GBP rose 0.39% to 0.8827.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.45% at 96.56.