Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Financials and Travel & Leisure sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Bper Banca SpA (MI:EMII), which rose 3.24% or 0.146 points to trade at 4.646 at the close. Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) added 2.74% or 0.074 points to end at 2.772 and Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) was up 2.49% or 0.59 points to 24.24 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP), which lost 1.49% or 0.44 points to trade at 29.15 in late trade. Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) declined 1.16% or 0.26 points to end at 22.09 and CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) shed 0.99% or 0.110 points to 10.980.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 191 to 168 and 16 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.13% or 0.63 to $56.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.36% or 0.83 to hit $62.05 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.88% or 11.10 to trade at $1255.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.05% to 1.1789, while EUR/GBP fell 0.32% to 0.8779.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 93.64.