Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Technology and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were UBI Banca (MI:UBI), which rose 7.33% or 0.2500 points to trade at 3.6600 at the close. Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) added 5.41% or 0.290 points to end at 5.655 and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) was up 4.81% or 0.430 points to 9.370 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP), which lost 5.05% or 1.44 points to trade at 27.05 in late trade. Luxottica Group (MI:LUX) declined 2.75% or 1.45 points to end at 51.25 and Prysmian (MI:PRY) shed 1.49% or 0.37 points to 24.40.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 180 to 151 and 22 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.92% or 0.47 to $51.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.89% or 0.48 to hit $54.40 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.98% or 11.85 to trade at $1200.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.02% to 1.0632, while EUR/GBP fell 0.44% to 0.8633.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 101.39.