Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Travel & Leisure, Healthcare and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 1.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Recordati (BIT:RECI), which rose 2.93% or 1.40 points to trade at 49.24 at the close. Brunello Cucinelli (BIT:BCU) added 2.50% or 2.25 points to end at 92.40 and A2A SpA (BIT:A2) was up 2.50% or 0.05 points to 1.89 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Iveco Group NV (BIT:IVG), which lost 0.09% or 0.01 points to trade at 10.68 in late trade. Stellantis NV (BIT:STLAM) added 0.50% or 0.09 points to end at 19.07 and DiaSorin SpA (BIT:DIAS) gained 0.54% or 0.52 points to 97.32.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 338 to 179 and 33 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.22% or 0.18 to $80.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.32% or 0.27 to hit $85.34 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.84% or 19.80 to trade at $2,366.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.34% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.11% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 105.26.