Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Utilities and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT), which rose 4.48% or 0.0310 points to trade at 0.7225 at the close. Enel (MI:ENEI) added 1.51% or 0.080 points to end at 5.390 and Luxottica Group (MI:LUX) was up 1.33% or 0.64 points to 48.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Azimut Holding (MI:AZMT), which lost 1.53% or 0.25 points to trade at 16.06 in late trade. Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) declined 1.38% or 0.39 points to end at 27.79 and Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) shed 0.79% or 0.0280 points to 3.5240.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 192 to 168 and 18 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.36% or 0.21 to $58.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.32% or 0.20 to hit $63.12 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.05% or 0.64 to trade at $1291.56 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.23% to 1.1848, while EUR/GBP rose 0.41% to 0.8908.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 93.06.