Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Technology and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.98% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Campari (MI:CPRI), which rose 4.63% or 0.44 points to trade at 9.94 at the close. Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) added 4.43% or 0.0335 points to end at 0.7890 and Saipem (MI:SPMI) was up 2.69% or 0.0106 points to 0.4049 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banca Popolare Milano (MI:PMII), which lost 2.39% or 0.0094 points to trade at 0.3838 in late trade. Mediaset (MI:MS) declined 1.08% or 0.030 points to end at 2.760 and Mediobanca (MI:MDBI) shed 1.00% or 0.065 points to 6.455.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 261 to 135 and 24 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 4.84% or 2.02 to $43.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 4.77% or 2.10 to hit $46.15 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.02% or 0.25 to trade at $1351.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.20% to 1.1157, while EUR/GBP rose 0.19% to 0.8608.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 95.71.