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

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

At the close in Milan, it 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: ) was up 2.94% or 0.17 points to end at 5.96 and UniCredit SpA (BIT: ) was up 2.88% or 1.04 points to end at 5.96 to 37.19 at the end of trading.

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 24.90 and Snam SpA ( BIT: ) declined 0.96% or 0.04 points to 4.53.

Advancers outnumbered decliners on the Milan Stock Exchange 290 to 190, with 39 ending unchanged.

Crude oil for October delivery rose 3.13%, or 2.11, to $69.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodity trading, Brent crude for November delivery rose 2.66%, or 1.88, to $72.49 a barrel, while December gold futures rose 1.48 % or 37.60 to $2,580.00 per troy ounce.

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

US dollar index futures fell 0.16% to 101.49.