Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Travel & Leisure sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Recordati (MI:RECI), which rose 3.88% or 1.12 points to trade at 29.98 at the close. Mediaset (MI:MS) added 3.18% or 0.096 points to end at 3.112 and Pirelli & C SPA (MI:PIRC) was up 2.33% or 0.16 points to 7.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI), which lost 1.04% or 0.0390 points to trade at 3.7110 in late trade. Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI) declined 0.81% or 0.05 points to end at 6.15 and Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) shed 0.72% or 0.021 points to 2.817.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 212 to 131 and 38 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.45% or 0.29 to $64.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.35% or 0.24 to hit $69.00 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 0.80 to trade at $1323.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.09% to 1.2298, while EUR/GBP rose 0.23% to 0.8764.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 89.75.