Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Iveco Group NV (BIT:IVG), which rose 5.81% or 0.65 points to trade at 11.93 at the close. Stellantis NV (BIT:STLAM) added 1.87% or 0.35 points to end at 19.01 and Snam SpA (BIT:SRG) was up 1.84% or 0.08 points to 4.38 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Prysmian SpA (BIT:PRY), which lost 1.62% or 1.00 points to trade at 60.70 in late trade. STMicroelectronics (BIT:STMMI) declined 1.46% or 0.56 points to end at 37.90 and Recordati (BIT:RECI) shed 0.97% or 0.50 points to 51.25.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 290 to 218 and 44 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.23% or 0.19 to $81.63 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.25% or 0.21 to hit $85.29 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 1.60 to trade at $2,461.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.22% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.01% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 103.73.