Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the FTSE Italia All Share Financials, FTSE Italia Telecommunications and FTSE Italia All Share Travel & Leisure sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 1.57% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were UniCredit SpA (BIT:CRDI), which rose 5.03% or 1.89 points to trade at 39.46 at the close. Bper Banca SpA (BIT:EMII) added 4.52% or 0.26 points to end at 6.06 and Telecom Italia (BIT:TLIT) was up 4.45% or 0.01 points to 0.24 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Prysmian SpA (BIT:PRY), which fell 0.86% or 0.56 points to trade at 64.40 in late trade. Recordati (BIT:RECI) declined 0.68% or 0.35 points to end at 51.40 and Brunello Cucinelli (BIT:BCU) down 0.52% or 0.50 points to 95.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 316 to 209 and 60 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.16% or 0.11 to $68.43 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.08% or 0.06 to hit $72.25 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.69% or 18.51 to trade at $2,657.69 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.58% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.12% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.43% at 105.83.