Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 1.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Unicredit (MI:CRDI), which rose 6.63% or 0.1340 points to trade at 2.1540 at the close. Banco Popolare (MI:BAPO) added 5.49% or 0.1220 points to end at 2.3440 and UBI Banca (MI:UBI) was up 5.36% or 0.1420 points to 2.7900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mediaset (MI:MS), which lost 1.19% or 0.040 points to trade at 3.324 in late trade. Terna (MI:TRN) declined 1.10% or 0.054 points to end at 4.836 and Recordati (MI:RECI) shed 0.86% or 0.24 points to 27.59.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 298 to 101 and 27 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.68% or 0.75 to $45.50 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.86% or 0.86 to hit $47.12 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 1.03% or 13.85 to trade at $1329.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.26% to 1.1119, while EUR/GBP fell 1.26% to 0.8338.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.29% at 96.08.