Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Utilities, Financials and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 rose 1.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT), which rose 3.89% or 0.68 points to trade at 18.14 at the close. Banca Generali (MI:BGN) added 3.80% or 1.01 points to end at 27.60 and Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII) was up 3.71% or 0.158 points to 4.416 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER), which lost 3.50% or 0.87 points to trade at 24.00 in late trade. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) declined 1.13% or 0.110 points to end at 9.620 and Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) shed 0.52% or 0.0180 points to 3.4560.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 201 to 158 and 12 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.35% or 0.16 to $45.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.15% or 0.07 to hit $48.13 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.03% or 13.36 to trade at $1279.84 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.34% to 1.1218, while EUR/GBP fell 0.17% to 0.8675.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 96.94.