Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Travel & Leisure and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.87%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI), which rose 5.77% or 0.1700 points to trade at 3.1180 at the close. Exor NV (MI:EXOR) added 4.36% or 2.25 points to end at 53.90 and STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) was up 2.68% or 0.380 points to 14.580 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI), which lost 0.82% or 0.05 points to trade at 6.08 in late trade. Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST) declined 0.65% or 0.040 points to end at 6.105 and Italgas SpA (MI:IG) shed 0.59% or 0.03 points to 4.74.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 255 to 87 and 23 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.57% or 1.18 to $47.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 3.59% or 1.82 to hit $52.55 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.70% or 9.22 to trade at $1323.32 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.01% to 1.1882, while EUR/GBP rose 0.25% to 0.9217.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 92.81.