Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Chemicals and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 0.94%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI), which rose 5.39% or 0.440 points to trade at 8.610 at the close. STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) added 5.00% or 0.630 points to end at 13.230 and Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST) was up 3.85% or 0.225 points to 6.070 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saipem (MI:SPMI), which lost 2.75% or 0.0130 points to trade at 0.4600 in late trade. UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI) declined 1.65% or 0.4400 points to end at 26.1600 and UBI Banca (MI:UBI) shed 1.47% or 0.0480 points to 3.2280.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 170 to 167 and 11 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.06% or 0.03 to $53.85 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.19% or 0.11 to hit $56.91 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.92% or 11.15 to trade at $1219.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.29% to 1.0800, while EUR/GBP rose 1.27% to 0.8615.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 99.53.