Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Utilities, Financials and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.42% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Moncler SpA (MI:MONC), which rose 4.98% or 1.06 points to trade at 22.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) added 3.23% or 0.86 points to end at 27.48 and Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) was up 3.06% or 0.56 points to 18.89 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tenaris (MI:TENR), which fell 1.31% or 0.18 points to trade at 13.61 at the close. Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) declined 0.81% or 0.0280 points to end at 3.4120 and Terna (MI:TRN) was down 0.70% or 0.034 points to 4.856.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 201 to 157 and 19 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.80% or 0.39 to $49.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.14% or 0.58 to hit $51.55 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.63% or 7.83 to trade at $1257.23 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.67% to 1.1656, while EUR/GBP fell 0.21% to 0.8926.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.66% at 93.91.