Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.93%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which rose 2.91% or 0.990 points to trade at 34.960 at the close. Mapfre (MC:MAP) added 2.86% or 0.090 points to end at 3.240 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) was up 2.75% or 0.147 points to 5.488 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Acerinox (MC:ACX), which lost 1.25% or 0.145 points to trade at 11.420 in late trade. Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) declined 1.20% or 0.290 points to end at 23.845 and Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) shed 0.44% or 0.080 points to 18.260.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 120 to 51 and 19 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.18% or 2.24 to $1216.86 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.36% or 0.62 to hit $46.11 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.40% or 0.67 to trade at $48.41 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.24% to 1.1385, while EUR/GBP fell 0.50% to 0.8814.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 95.67.