Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Utilities, Financials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 1.48%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT), which rose 3.89% or 0.68 points to trade at 18.14 at the close. Meanwhile, Banca Generali (MI:BGN) added 3.80% or 1.01 points to end at 27.60 and Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) was up 3.71% or 0.158 points to 4.416 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER), which fell 3.50% or 0.87 points to trade at 24.00 at the close. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) declined 1.13% or 0.110 points to end at 9.620 and Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) was down 0.52% or 0.0180 points to 3.4560.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 201 to 158 and 12 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.35% or 0.16 to $45.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.12% or 0.06 to hit $48.12 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.04% or 13.41 to trade at $1279.79 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.34% to 1.1218, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.8676.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 96.95.