Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Travel & Leisure and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 1.20% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which rose 4.93% or 0.870 points to trade at 18.515 at the close. Unipol Gruppo Finanziario Spa (MI:UNPI) added 2.73% or 0.113 points to end at 4.252 and CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) was up 2.42% or 0.234 points to 9.906 in late trade.
Biggest losers included FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (MI:FBK), which lost 0.46% or 0.04 points to trade at 9.63 in late trade. Mediaset (MI:MS) declined 0.09% or 0.003 points to end at 3.245 and Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) 0.00% or 0.00 points to 33.75.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 237 to 115 and 32 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.19% or 0.13 to $66.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.54% or 0.39 to hit $71.67 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.46% or 19.80 to trade at $1340.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.38% to 1.2320, while EUR/GBP fell 0.76% to 0.8657.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 89.52.