Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Chemicals and Travel & Leisure sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Exor NV (MI:EXOR), which rose 4.10% or 2.20 points to trade at 55.85 at the close. Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) added 2.75% or 0.0980 points to end at 3.6640 and Atlantia (MI:ATL) was up 2.07% or 0.56 points to 27.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI), which lost 1.98% or 0.0860 points to trade at 4.2680 in late trade. Bper Banca SpA (MI:EMII) declined 1.69% or 0.084 points to end at 4.894 and Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) shed 1.51% or 0.35 points to 22.79.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 201 to 166 and 18 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.80% or 0.90 to $50.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.19% or 1.22 to hit $57.02 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 0.88 to trade at $1275.92 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.44% to 1.1709, while EUR/GBP rose 0.42% to 0.8917.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 93.73.