Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 1.76%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII), which rose 4.98% or 0.224 points to trade at 4.720 at the close. Meanwhile, FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (MI:FBK) added 3.78% or 0.23 points to end at 6.17 and Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) was up 3.41% or 0.088 points to 2.668 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Luxottica Group (MI:LUX), which fell 0.30% or 0.15 points to trade at 50.15 at the close. Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) declined 0.22% or 0.06 points to end at 27.50 and Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) was 0.00% or 0.0000 points to 15.0800.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 253 to 87 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) unchanged to all time lows; unchanged 0.00% or 0.0000 to 15.0800.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.31% or 0.15 to $48.71 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.17% or 0.09 to hit $51.72 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 2.36% or 28.35 to trade at $1229.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.05% to 1.0737, while EUR/GBP fell 0.57% to 0.8683.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 100.20.