Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Chemicals and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Moncler SpA (MI:MONC), which rose 4.11% or 1.12 points to trade at 28.35 at the close. FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (MI:FBK) added 2.60% or 0.24 points to end at 9.54 and Ferrari NV (MI:RACE) was up 2.18% or 2.20 points to 103.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI), which lost 1.75% or 0.053 points to trade at 2.970 in late trade. Banca Generali (MI:BGN) declined 1.70% or 0.46 points to end at 26.64 and A2A (MI:A2) shed 1.40% or 0.020 points to 1.413.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 207 to 152 and 30 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.10% or 0.06 to $60.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.64% or 0.41 to hit $63.95 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.24% or 3.20 to trade at $1354.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.30% to 1.2487, while EUR/GBP fell 0.24% to 0.8875.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 88.63.