Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Utilities and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER), which rose 2.45% or 0.68 points to trade at 28.43 at the close. Italgas SpA (MI:IG) added 1.97% or 0.08 points to end at 4.13 and CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) was up 1.93% or 0.175 points to 9.250 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT), which lost 1.46% or 0.25 points to trade at 16.83 in late trade. Buzzi Unicem (MI:BZU) declined 1.28% or 0.30 points to end at 23.07 and Mediaset (MI:MS) shed 1.16% or 0.044 points to 3.746.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 182 to 166 and 17 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.08% or 0.55 to $51.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.99% or 0.54 to hit $54.90 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.48% or 6.05 to trade at $1254.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.09% to 1.0654, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.8535.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 100.54.