Italy stocks higher at close of trade; Investing.com Italy 40 up 1.10%

Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare , Chemicals and Industrials sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 1.10% to hit a new 3-months high.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Poste Italiane SpA (BIT:PST ), which rose 3.00% or 0.39 points to trade at 13.38 at the close. Meanwhile, Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT:CPRI ) added 2.91% or 0.22 points to end at 7.77 and FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (BIT:FBK ) was up 2.51% or 0.38 points to 15.34 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Stellantis NV (BIT:STLAM ), which fell 0.45% or 0.05 points to trade at 11.96 at the close. ERG (BIT:ERG ) declined 0.44% or 0.10 points to end at 22.62 and Inwit (BIT:INWT ) was down 0.27% or 0.03 points to 10.99.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 319 to 199 and 44 ended unchanged.

Shares in Poste Italiane SpA (BIT:PST ) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.00% or 0.39 to 13.38.

Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.11% or 0.08 to $70.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $74.19 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.55% or 14.75 to trade at $2,706.05 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.29% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.37% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 103.61.

Source: Investing.com