Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 1.76%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Banca Pop Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII), which rose 4.98% or 0.224 points to trade at 4.720 at the close. FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (MI:FBK) added 3.78% or 0.23 points to end at 6.17 and Banco Bpm (MI:BAMI) was up 3.41% or 0.088 points to 2.668 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Luxottica Group (MI:LUX), which lost 0.30% or 0.15 points to trade at 50.15 in late trade. Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) declined 0.22% or 0.06 points to end at 27.50 and Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (MI:BMPS) 0.00% or 0.0000 points to 15.0800.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 253 to 87 and 15 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.31% or 0.15 to $48.71 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.17% or 0.09 to hit $51.72 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 2.36% or 28.35 to trade at $1229.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.0736, while EUR/GBP fell 0.57% to 0.8683.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 100.20.