Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Telecoms and Travel & Leisure sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 2.81%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Mediaset (MI:MS), which rose 9.23% or 0.282 points to trade at 3.338 at the close. Atlantia (MI:ATL) added 5.05% or 1.30 points to end at 27.05 and STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) was up 4.65% or 0.875 points to 19.685 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Salvatore Ferragamo (MI:SFER), which lost 0.69% or 0.15 points to trade at 21.70 in late trade. Ferrari NV (MI:RACE) declined 0.55% or 0.55 points to end at 100.00 and Recordati (MI:RECI) shed 0.43% or 0.13 points to 29.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 246 to 111 and 26 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.24% or 0.76 to $60.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.84% or 0.54 to hit $63.80 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.50% or 6.60 to trade at $1321.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.83% to 1.2308, while EUR/GBP fell 0.22% to 0.8910.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.64% at 90.13.