Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.13% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF), which rose 1.54% or 0.150 points to trade at 9.916 at the close. Meanwhile, Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) added 1.48% or 0.0126 points to end at 0.8624 and Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI) was up 1.37% or 0.0550 points to 4.0670 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which fell 3.36% or 0.620 points to trade at 17.840 at the close. Italgas SpA (MI:IG) declined 1.42% or 0.074 points to end at 5.120 and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) was down 1.39% or 0.274 points to 19.422.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 211 to 131 and 34 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.48% or 0.33 to $68.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.98% or 0.72 to hit $74.20 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.49% or 6.60 to trade at $1346.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.26% to 1.2341, while EUR/GBP fell 0.23% to 0.8693.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 89.56.