Italy stocks higher at close of trade; Investing.com Italy 40 up 0.13%

Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Travel & Leisure , Technology and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.13%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Iveco Group NV (BIT:IVG ), which rose 10.73% or 0.99 points to trade at 10.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Bpm SpA (BIT:BAMI ) added 8.97% or 0.57 points to end at 6.88 and Interpump Group (BIT:ITPG ) was up 5.96% or 2.44 points to 43.36 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Prysmian SpA (BIT:PRY ), which fell 3.77% or 2.38 points to trade at 60.82 at the close. Snam SpA (BIT:SRG ) declined 3.14% or 0.14 points to end at 4.19 and Intesa Sanpaolo SpA (BIT:ISP ) was down 2.95% or 0.12 points to 3.86.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 328 to 216 and 51 ended unchanged.

Shares in Banco Bpm SpA (BIT:BAMI ) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 8.97% or 0.57 to 6.88.

Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.52% or 0.37 to $72.06 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.59% or 0.44 to hit $75.36 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.01% or 26.95 to trade at $2,703.25 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was up 0.57% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.19% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.59% at 104.36.

Source: Investing.com