Italy shares higher at close of trade; Investing.com Italy 40 up 1.06%

Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Industrials and Oil&Gas sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 1.06%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Davide Campari Milano SpA (BIT:CPRI), which rose 9.54% or 0.67 points to trade at 7.64 at the close. Brunello Cucinelli (BIT:BCU) added 4.53% or 3.80 points to end at 87.75 and Prysmian SpA (BIT:PRY) was up 3.96% or 2.50 points to 65.68 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Inwit (BIT:INWT), which lost 2.17% or 0.24 points to trade at 10.83 in late trade. Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale SpA (BIT:TRN) declined 1.98% or 0.16 points to end at 7.91 and Hera (BIT:HRA) shed 1.96% or 0.07 points to 3.50.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 345 to 149 and 41 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.19% or 1.53 to $71.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.93% or 1.42 to hit $75.07 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.62% or 16.15 to trade at $2,614.75 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.30% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.26% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 100.44.