Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Technology and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 1.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Brunello Cucinelli (BIT:BCU), which rose 7.52% or 6.40 points to trade at 91.55 at the close. Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (BIT:BMPS) added 6.63% or 0.33 points to end at 5.34 and Moncler SpA (BIT:MONC) was up 6.57% or 3.21 points to 52.06 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saipem SpA (BIT:SPMI), which lost 5.70% or 0.12 points to trade at 1.92 in late trade. Eni SpA (BIT:ENI) declined 3.04% or 0.43 points to end at 13.57 and Leonardo SpA (BIT:LDOF) shed 1.44% or 0.30 points to 20.57.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 321 to 184 and 46 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 2.27% or 1.58 to $68.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.99% or 1.45 to hit $71.45 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 4.95 to trade at $2,689.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.37% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.30% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 100.32.