Investing.com – Italy equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Chemicals and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 gained 0.57% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP), which rose 4.09% or 0.93 points to trade at 23.68 at the close. UniCredit SpA (MI:CRDI) added 2.35% or 0.3100 points to end at 13.5000 and Leonardo SpA (MI:LDOF) was up 2.24% or 0.300 points to 13.720 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Prysmian (MI:PRY), which lost 2.71% or 0.66 points to trade at 23.67 in late trade. Luxottica Group (MI:LUX) declined 1.79% or 0.90 points to end at 49.50 and UnipolSai Assicurazioni SpA (MI:US) shed 1.26% or 0.026 points to 2.032.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 192 to 144 and 20 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.69% or 0.91 to $52.92 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.65% or 0.93 to hit $55.43 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.01% or 12.65 to trade at $1237.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.32% to 1.0513, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8569.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 102.10.