Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Utilities, Telecoms and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 1.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Saipem (MI:SPMI), which rose 5.13% or 0.0182 points to trade at 0.3729 at the close. Campari (MI:CPRI) added 4.91% or 0.47 points to end at 10.04 and Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) was up 4.06% or 0.86 points to 22.02 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unipol (MI:UNPI), which lost 1.32% or 0.032 points to trade at 2.386 in late trade. UBI Banca (MI:UBI) declined 0.82% or 0.0180 points to end at 2.1740 and Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) shed 0.32% or 0.05 points to 15.62.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 315 to 84 and 27 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.36% or 1.07 to $46.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.79% or 0.84 to hit $47.67 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.04% or 13.85 to trade at $1345.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.31% to 1.1225, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.8581.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.29% at 95.18.