Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Utilities and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 1.42% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were STMicroelectronics (MI:STM), which rose 11.96% or 2.120 points to trade at 19.840 at the close. Enel (MI:ENEI) added 3.32% or 0.170 points to end at 5.290 and Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI) was up 3.32% or 0.21 points to 6.68 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Moncler SpA (MI:MONC), which lost 1.05% or 0.26 points to trade at 24.43 in late trade. Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) declined 0.73% or 0.24 points to end at 32.50 and Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) shed 0.63% or 0.0220 points to 3.4440.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 252 to 118 and 14 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.31% or 0.16 to $52.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.21% or 0.12 to hit $58.56 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.55% or 7.02 to trade at $1271.98 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 1.07% to 1.1686, while EUR/GBP fell 0.43% to 0.8870.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.83% at 94.31.