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 gained 0.32% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII), which rose 3.18% or 0.160 points to trade at 5.190 at the close. Meanwhile, Mediobanca (MI:MDBI) added 3.09% or 0.210 points to end at 7.000 and Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) was up 2.67% or 0.0180 points to 0.6920 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Snam (MI:SRG), which fell 4.03% or 0.220 points to trade at 5.235 at the close. Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) declined 2.59% or 0.55 points to end at 20.71 and Terna (MI:TRN) was down 2.13% or 0.106 points to 4.876.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 216 to 184 and 26 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.79% or 0.35 to $43.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.09% or 0.50 to hit $45.30 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.19% or 2.40 to trade at $1252.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.02% to 1.1298, while EUR/GBP rose 0.08% to 0.7886.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 94.53.