Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemicals, Technology and Travel&Leisure sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 1.02%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA), which rose 5.80% or 0.940 points to trade at 17.150 at the close. Meanwhile, STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) added 2.99% or 0.550 points to end at 18.960 and Generali (MI:GASI) was up 2.28% or 0.33 points to 14.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Salvatore Ferragamo SpA (MI:SFER), which fell 2.11% or 0.43 points to trade at 19.93 at the close. Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) declined 1.64% or 0.62 points to end at 37.23 and Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (MI:UNPI) was down 0.73% or 0.025 points to 3.397.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 222 to 135 and 27 ended unchanged.
Shares in Salvatore Ferragamo SpA (MI:SFER) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.11% or 0.43 to 19.93.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.24% or 0.92 to $73.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.41% or 0.32 to hit $77.92 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.41% or 5.10 to trade at $1258.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.34% to 1.1696, while EUR/GBP rose 0.40% to 0.8845.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 94.10.
