Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Financials and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banco Popolare (MI:BAPO), which rose 3.96% or 0.0940 points to trade at 2.4700 at the close. Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) added 3.21% or 0.110 points to end at 3.538 and Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) was up 3.03% or 0.58 points to 19.73 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Prysmian (MI:PRY), which lost 1.42% or 0.29 points to trade at 20.16 in late trade. Unipol (MI:UNPI) declined 1.38% or 0.034 points to end at 2.438 and Saipem (MI:SPMI) shed 1.07% or 0.0047 points to 0.4326.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 208 to 181 and 31 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.84% or 0.84 to $44.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.65% or 0.78 to hit $46.39 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.91% or 12.05 to trade at $1331.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.05% to 1.1009, while EUR/GBP fell 0.01% to 0.8337.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 97.03.