Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemicals, Technology and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Freni Brembo SpA (MI:BRBI), which rose 2.13% or 0.25 points to trade at 11.99 at the close. Terna (MI:TRN) added 1.98% or 0.092 points to end at 4.750 and Ferrari NV (MI:RACE) was up 1.93% or 2.25 points to 118.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT), which lost 2.75% or 0.0174 points to trade at 0.6146 in late trade. Banca Generali (MI:BGN) declined 1.81% or 0.40 points to end at 21.66 and Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT) shed 1.54% or 0.20 points to 13.12.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 178 to 170 and 40 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.22% or 0.86 to $69.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $73.44 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 2.90 to trade at $1247.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.08% to 1.1682, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8836.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 94.48.