Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemicals, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.84%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII), which rose 4.52% or 0.218 points to trade at 5.040 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Popolare Sc (MI:BAPO) added 3.92% or 0.2250 points to end at 5.9650 and Tod'S (MI:TOD) was up 3.20% or 1.95 points to 62.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which fell 2.20% or 0.110 points to trade at 4.900 at the close. Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) declined 1.88% or 0.41 points to end at 21.42 and Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST) was down 1.82% or 0.1200 points to 6.4800.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 262 to 142 and 19 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.10% or 0.04 to $41.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.27% or 0.12 to hit $44.30 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.70% or 21.20 to trade at $1227.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.07% to 1.1267, while EUR/GBP rose 0.25% to 0.7957.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 94.86.