Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.35% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER), which rose 4.27% or 0.90 points to trade at 22.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) added 3.65% or 0.0086 points to end at 0.2445 and Generali (MI:GASI) was up 2.50% or 0.29 points to 11.87 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU), which fell 4.11% or 0.79 points to trade at 18.44 at the close. Campari (MI:CPRI) declined 2.29% or 0.23 points to end at 9.81 and Ferrari NV (MI:RACE) was down 1.53% or 0.68 points to 43.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 213 to 195 and 29 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 3.78% or 1.72 to $47.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 3.56% or 1.71 to hit $49.69 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.64% or 8.65 to trade at $1340.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.10% to 1.1250, while EUR/GBP rose 0.42% to 0.8461.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 95.08.