Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemicals, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Luxottica Group (MI:LUX), which rose 3.68% or 1.75 points to trade at 49.25 at the close. Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) added 3.27% or 0.65 points to end at 20.50 and Campari (MI:CPRI) was up 2.80% or 0.24 points to 8.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Popolare (MI:BAPO), which lost 5.65% or 0.122 points to trade at 2.038 in late trade. Banca Popolare Milano (MI:PMII) declined 5.04% or 0.0171 points to end at 0.3220 and Unicredit (MI:CRDI) shed 4.76% or 0.1000 points to 2.0020.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 235 to 166 and 19 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.59% or 0.27 to $45.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.58% or 0.27 to hit $46.90 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.04% or 0.45 to trade at $1224.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.36% to 1.0653, while EUR/GBP fell 0.45% to 0.8552.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.31% at 100.69.