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Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Travel & Leisure, Industrials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.29% to hit a new 5-year high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Leonardo SpA (BIT:LDOF), which rose 4.84% or 2.17 points to trade at 47.03 at the close. Meanwhile, Saipem SpA (BIT:SPMI) added 2.50% or 0.06 points to end at 2.38 and Italgas SpA (BIT:IG) was up 1.45% or 0.11 points to 7.72 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Stellantis NV (BIT:STLAM), which fell 1.58% or 0.13 points to trade at 8.30 at the close. Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT:CPRI) declined 1.55% or 0.10 points to end at 6.62 and Mediobanca Banca di Credito Finanziario SpA (BIT:MDBI) was down 1.41% or 0.30 points to 20.98.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 332 to 243 and 65 ended unchanged.
Shares in Italgas SpA (BIT:IG) rose to all time highs; rising 1.45% or 0.11 to 7.72.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.86% or 0.54 to $63.25 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.85% or 0.57 to hit $67.41 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 2.18 to trade at $3,386.32 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.40% to 1.16, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.87.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 98.56.