Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Technology and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.98% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Campari (MI:CPRI), which rose 4.63% or 0.44 points to trade at 9.94 at the close. Meanwhile, Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) added 4.43% or 0.0335 points to end at 0.7890 and Saipem (MI:SPMI) was up 2.69% or 0.0106 points to 0.4049 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banca Popolare di Milano Scarl (MI:PMII), which fell 2.39% or 0.0094 points to trade at 0.3838 at the close. Mediaset (MI:MS) declined 1.08% or 0.030 points to end at 2.760 and Mediobanca (MI:MDBI) was down 1.00% or 0.065 points to 6.455.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 261 to 135 and 24 ended unchanged.
Shares in Campari (MI:CPRI) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.63% or 0.44 to 9.94.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 4.87% or 2.03 to $43.74 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 4.79% or 2.11 to hit $46.16 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.02% or 0.25 to trade at $1351.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.20% to 1.1157, while EUR/GBP rose 0.19% to 0.8608.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 95.71.