Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the FTSE Italia All Share Financials, FTSE Italia Oil & Gas and FTSE Italia All Share Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Bper Banca SpA (BIT:EMII), which rose 8.23% or 0.44 points to trade at 5.76 at the close. Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (BIT:UNPI) added 4.57% or 0.50 points to end at 11.43 and Banca Popolare di Sondrio ScpA (BIT:BPSI) was up 2.98% or 0.21 points to 7.09 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Leonardo SpA (BIT:LDOF), which fell 3.32% or 0.70 points to trade at 20.38 in late trade. Prysmian SpA (BIT:PRY) declined 1.82% or 1.20 points to end at 64.70 and ERG (BIT:ERG) down 1.63% or 0.38 points to 22.94.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 255 to 230 and 52 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
Shares in Bper Banca SpA (BIT:EMII) rose to 5-year highs; up 8.23% or 0.44 to 5.76. Shares in Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (BIT:UNPI) rose to 5-year highs; up 4.57% or 0.50 to 11.43.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.99% or 2.19 to $75.43 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 3.03% or 2.32 to hit $78.90 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.64% or 16.75 to trade at $2,642.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.01% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 102.72.