Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.65% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI), which rose 3.65% or 0.1420 points to trade at 4.0320 at the close. Tenaris (MI:TENR) added 2.55% or 0.35 points to end at 14.07 and FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (MI:FBK) was up 2.39% or 0.22 points to 9.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP), which lost 3.58% or 1.10 points to trade at 29.66 in late trade. Moncler SpA (MI:MONC) declined 1.64% or 0.42 points to end at 25.20 and Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER) shed 1.53% or 0.34 points to 21.90.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 179 to 172 and 38 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.49% or 0.95 to $64.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.78% or 0.54 to hit $69.74 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.40 to trade at $1322.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.74% to 1.2036, while EUR/GBP rose 0.45% to 0.8886.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 91.65.