Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Telecoms and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Moncler SpA (MI:MONC), which rose 3.87% or 0.59 points to trade at 15.84 at the close. STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) added 2.22% or 0.150 points to end at 6.895 and UnipolSai Assicurazioni SpA (MI:US) was up 1.97% or 0.029 points to 1.502 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unicredit (MI:CRDI), which lost 2.25% or 0.0480 points to trade at 2.0900 in late trade. Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) declined 2.20% or 0.47 points to end at 20.86 and Mediobanca (MI:MDBI) shed 1.87% or 0.125 points to 6.555.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 223 to 162 and 34 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.35% or 0.59 to $44.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 2.09% or 0.96 to hit $46.81 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.47% or 6.25 to trade at $1319.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.09% to 1.1239, while EUR/GBP rose 0.11% to 0.8510.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 95.36.