(ANSA) - Milan, April 28 - The Milan bourse closed 1.21% up on Thursday as the FTSE-MIB index climbed close to the psychologically important 19,000-point threshold, at 18,976.
The rise was fed by banking stocks and oil infrastructure company Saipem.
Europe was mixed with London 0.04% up, Frankfurt 0.21% up and Paris 0.04% down.
Milan bourse closes 1.21% up
FTSE-MIB nears 19,000 points