Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Healthcare and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 1.99% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banco Popolare (MI:BAPO), which rose 9.50% or 0.208 points to trade at 2.398 at the close. Banca Popolare Milano (MI:PMII) added 8.56% or 0.0296 points to end at 0.3754 and Unicredit (MI:CRDI) was up 6.39% or 0.1680 points to 2.7980 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mediaset (MI:MS), which lost 1.55% or 0.056 points to trade at 3.564 in late trade. Campari (MI:CPRI) declined 0.27% or 0.03 points to end at 9.12 and Banca Mediolanum SpA (MI:BMED) shed 0.22% or 0.015 points to 6.890.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 234 to 97 and 22 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.10% or 0.05 to $50.99 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.09% or 0.05 to hit $53.95 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 3.05% or 35.55 to trade at $1128.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 1.34% to 1.0393, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.8375.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.26% at 103.32.