Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.35% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER), which rose 4.27% or 0.90 points to trade at 22.00 at the close. Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) added 3.65% or 0.0086 points to end at 0.2445 and Generali (MI:GASI) was up 2.50% or 0.29 points to 11.87 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU), which lost 4.11% or 0.79 points to trade at 18.44 in late trade. Campari (MI:CPRI) declined 2.29% or 0.23 points to end at 9.81 and Ferrari NV (MI:RACE) shed 1.53% or 0.68 points to 43.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 213 to 195 and 29 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 3.80% or 1.73 to $47.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 3.56% or 1.71 to hit $49.69 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.63% or 8.55 to trade at $1340.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.09% to 1.1249, while EUR/GBP rose 0.43% to 0.8462.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 95.09.