Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Telefonica (MC:TEF), which rose 3.48% or 0.329 points to trade at 9.790 at the close. B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) added 1.83% or 0.035 points to end at 1.943 and ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) was up 1.52% or 0.335 points to 22.390 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM), which lost 17.33% or 3.040 points to trade at 14.505 in late trade. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) declined 1.33% or 0.450 points to end at 33.385 and Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) shed 1.28% or 0.135 points to 10.430.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 94 to 85 and 12 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.62% or 7.69 to $1257.09 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.80% or 0.39 to hit $49.14 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.12% or 0.57 to trade at $51.54 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.67% to 1.1656, while EUR/GBP fell 0.21% to 0.8926.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.66% at 93.91.