Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Industrials and Travel & Leisure sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.92%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA), which rose 5.03% or 0.470 points to trade at 9.815 at the close. Atlantia (MI:ATL) added 3.43% or 0.85 points to end at 25.63 and Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) was up 3.17% or 0.088 points to 2.860 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Freni Brembo SpA (MI:BRBI), which lost 1.27% or 0.18 points to trade at 13.99 in late trade. UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI) declined 0.71% or 0.1100 points to end at 15.4600 and STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) shed 0.68% or 0.100 points to 14.570.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 198 to 156 and 18 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.10% or 0.53 to $48.85 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.69% or 0.35 to hit $51.11 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.65% or 8.32 to trade at $1263.68 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.30% to 1.1210, while EUR/GBP fell 0.28% to 0.8700.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 97.16.