Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.32% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers 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. 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.
Biggest losers included Snam (MI:SRG), which lost 4.03% or 0.220 points to trade at 5.235 in late trade. Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) declined 2.59% or 0.55 points to end at 20.71 and Terna (MI:TRN) shed 2.13% or 0.106 points to 4.876.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 216 to 184 and 26 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.84% or 0.37 to $43.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.09% or 0.50 to hit $45.30 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.18% or 2.30 to trade at $1252.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.1297, while EUR/GBP rose 0.08% to 0.7886.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 94.53.