Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Financials and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 1.52% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Popolare Milano (MI:PMII), which rose 10.09% or 0.0339 points to trade at 0.3700 at the close. Banco Popolare (MI:BAPO) added 9.75% or 0.208 points to end at 2.342 and Banca Mediolanum SpA (MI:BMED) was up 7.73% or 0.515 points to 7.175 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Terna (MI:TRN), which lost 2.10% or 0.088 points to trade at 4.104 in late trade. Saipem (MI:SPMI) declined 1.94% or 0.0090 points to end at 0.4545 and Snam (MI:SRG) shed 1.09% or 0.040 points to 3.634.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 236 to 97 and 15 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.55% or 0.77 to $50.54 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.25% or 0.66 to hit $53.66 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.40% or 4.75 to trade at $1172.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 1.32% to 1.0613, while EUR/GBP fell 0.95% to 0.8437.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.89% at 101.17.