Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Travel & Leisure, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.41% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS), which rose 13.99% or 0.0293 points to trade at 0.2387 at the close. Meanwhile, Leonardo Finmeccanica SpA (MI:LDOF) added 3.58% or 0.390 points to end at 11.290 and Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) was up 2.31% or 0.64 points to 28.32 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mediaset (MI:MS), which fell 3.39% or 0.092 points to trade at 2.620 at the close. STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) declined 2.53% or 0.190 points to end at 7.320 and Prysmian (MI:PRY) was down 1.35% or 0.31 points to 22.68.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 254 to 153 and 34 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.79% or 0.93 to $50.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 2.03% or 1.07 to hit $51.60 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.27% or 3.40 to trade at $1266.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.39% to 1.0931, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.8917.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.41% at 98.27.