Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Utilities, Financials and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 2.71%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA), which rose 8.36% or 1.300 points to trade at 16.850 at the close. Exor NV (MI:EXOR) added 6.86% or 3.55 points to end at 55.30 and Unione di Banche Italiane SpA (MI:UBI) was up 4.97% or 0.1800 points to 3.8040 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Davide Campari Milano SpA (MI:CPRI), which lost 0.63% or 0.04 points to trade at 6.26 in late trade. Luxottica Group (MI:LUX) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 50.80 and Poste Italiane SpA (MI:PST) gained 0.31% or 0.020 points to 6.375.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 269 to 103 and 26 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.45% or 0.28 to $61.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $67.83 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 1.80 to trade at $1320.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.40% to 1.2064, while EUR/GBP rose 0.24% to 0.8911.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 91.67.