Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Telecoms and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.39% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Brunello Cucinelli (BIT:BCU), which rose 8.04% or 7.90 points to trade at 106.10 at the close. Bper Banca SpA (BIT:EMII) added 4.90% or 0.29 points to end at 6.12 and Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (BIT:UNPI) was up 1.80% or 0.21 points to 11.87 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Prysmian SpA (BIT:PRY), which lost 2.52% or 1.60 points to trade at 61.80 in late trade. Snam SpA (BIT:SRG) declined 1.17% or 0.05 points to end at 4.32 and DiaSorin SpA (BIT:DIAS) shed 1.12% or 1.15 points to 101.85.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 264 to 256 and 52 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.26% or 0.18 to $70.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.19% or 0.14 to hit $73.38 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 1.80% or 49.51 to trade at $2,707.19 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.17% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.44% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 106.28.