Italy stocks higher at close of trade; Investing.com Italy 40 up 0.80%

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

At the close in Milan, the gained 0.80%.

The best performers of the session on the were Telecom Italia (BIT:), which rose 6.75% or 0.02 points to trade at 0.24 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Bpm SpA (BIT:) added 2.94% or 0.17 points to end at 5.96 and UniCredit SpA (BIT:) was up 2.88% or 1.04 points to 37.19 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Hera (BIT:), which fell 1.67% or 0.06 points to trade at 3.53 at the close. ERG (BIT:) declined 1.03% or 0.26 points to end at 24.90 and Snam SpA (BIT:) was down 0.96% or 0.04 points to 4.53.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 290 to 190 and 39 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for October delivery was up 3.13% or 2.11 to $69.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 2.66% or 1.88 to hit $72.49 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.48% or 37.60 to trade at $2,580.00 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.32% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 101.49.