Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Industrials and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 2.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT), which rose 5.22% or 0.0396 points to trade at 0.7978 at the close. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) added 4.85% or 0.854 points to end at 18.468 and Tenaris (MI:TENR) was up 4.60% or 0.64 points to 14.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Terna (MI:TRN), which lost 0.17% or 0.008 points to trade at 4.744 in late trade. A2A (MI:A2) added 0.03% or 0.001 points to end at 1.567 and Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) gained 0.21% or 0.08 points to 37.87.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 275 to 79 and 37 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.39% or 0.25 to $63.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.54% or 0.37 to hit $68.39 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.85% or 11.40 to trade at $1328.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.31% to 1.2239, while EUR/GBP rose 0.23% to 0.8741.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 90.15.