Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.83% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which rose 10.37% or 0.750 points to trade at 7.980 at the close. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) added 6.04% or 0.375 points to end at 6.585 and Banca Popolare Milano (MI:PMII) was up 4.29% or 0.0180 points to 0.4380 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saipem (MI:SPMI), which lost 2.59% or 0.0105 points to trade at 0.3955 in late trade. Atlantia (MI:ATL) declined 1.91% or 0.44 points to end at 22.55 and Prysmian (MI:PRY) shed 1.52% or 0.35 points to 22.73.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 224 to 198 and 23 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.61% or 0.79 to $49.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.70% or 0.85 to hit $50.83 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.23% or 2.95 to trade at $1269.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.15% to 1.0892, while EUR/GBP rose 0.47% to 0.8949.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.34% at 98.93.