Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Unicredit (MI:CRDI), which rose 2.29% or 0.0480 points to trade at 2.1400 at the close. A2A (MI:A2) added 2.25% or 0.027 points to end at 1.229 and Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) was up 2.11% or 0.30 points to 14.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS), which lost 3.34% or 0.0058 points to trade at 0.1679 in late trade. Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST) declined 2.02% or 0.125 points to end at 6.075 and Mediaset (MI:MS) shed 1.50% or 0.042 points to 2.762.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 217 to 184 and 34 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.02% or 0.51 to $50.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.20% or 0.62 to hit $52.48 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 1.01% or 12.85 to trade at $1255.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.38% to 1.1162, while EUR/GBP rose 0.39% to 0.8827.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.45% at 96.56.