Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Technology and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the FTSE MIB added 0.85%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE MIB were Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MILAN:EMII), which rose 2.82% or 0.230 points to trade at 8.385 at the close. Meanwhile, Salvatore Ferragamo (MILAN:SFER) added 2.66% or 0.74 points to end at 28.52 and Mediaset (MILAN:MS) was up 2.61% or 0.116 points to 4.558 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tenaris (MILAN:TENR), which fell 1.97% or 0.25 points to trade at 12.43 at the close. Saipem (MILAN:SPMI) declined 1.56% or 0.16 points to end at 10.07 and UnipolSai Assicurazioni SpA (MILAN:US) was down 1.31% or 0.030 points to 2.266.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 235 to 233 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MILAN:EMII) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.82% or 0.230 to 8.385.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.01% or 0.61 to $59.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.86% or 0.55 to hit $62.95 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.03% or 0.40 to trade at $1172.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1199, while EUR/GBP fell 0.17% to 0.7120.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 95.43.