Italy stocks rising at close of trade; Investing.com Italy 40 up 0.41% 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 0.41%.

The best performers of the session were Bper Banca SpA (BIT: ), which rose 8.23% or 0.44 points to trade at 5.76 at the close. Meanwhile, Unipole Gruppo Finanziario Spa (BIT: ) added 4.57% or 0.50 points to end at 11.43 and Banca Popolare di Sondrio ScpA (BIT: ) was up 2.98% or 0.21 points to trade at 7.09 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Leonardo SpA (BIT: ), which fell 3.32% or 0.70 points to trade at 20.38 at the close. Prysmian SpA ( BIT: ) declined 1.82% or 1.20 points to 64.70 and ERG ( BIT: ) declined 1.63% or 0.38 points to 22.94.

Declining stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 255 to 230, with 52 ending unchanged.

Shares of Bper Banca SpA (BIT:) rose to 5-year highs; up 8.23% or 0.44 to 5.76. Shares of Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (BIT:) rose to 5-year highs; up 4.57% or from 0.50 to 11.43.

Crude oil for November delivery rose 2.98%, or 2.18, to $75.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodity trading, Brent crude for December delivery rose 3.02%, or 2.31, to $78.89 a barrel, while December gold futures rose 0.65 % or 17.00 to $2,643.00 per troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP was unchanged 0.01% to 0.84.

US dollar index futures rose 0.02% to 102.71.