Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Bper Banca SpA (BIT:EMII), which rose 8.23% or 0.44 points to trade at 5.76 at the close. Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (BIT:UNPI) added 4.57% or 0.50 points to end at 11.43 and Banca Popolare di Sondrio ScpA (BIT:BPSI) was up 2.98% or 0.21 points to 7.09 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Leonardo SpA (BIT:LDOF), which lost 3.32% or 0.70 points to trade at 20.38 in late trade. Prysmian SpA (BIT:PRY) declined 1.82% or 1.20 points to end at 64.70 and ERG (BIT:ERG) shed 1.63% or 0.38 points to 22.94.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 255 to 230 and 52 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.98% or 2.18 to $75.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 3.02% or 2.31 to hit $78.89 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.63% or 16.65 to trade at $2,642.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.01% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 102.72.