Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which rose 2.69% or 0.131 points to trade at 5.000 at the close. Iberdrola (MC:IBE) added 2.50% or 0.152 points to end at 6.235 and Telefonica (MC:TEF) was up 1.80% or 0.168 points to 9.518 in late trade.
Biggest losers included B. Sabadell (MC:SABE), which lost 2.56% or 0.037 points to trade at 1.407 in late trade. Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) declined 2.03% or 0.175 points to end at 8.436 and Indra A (MC:IDR) shed 1.96% or 0.215 points to 10.760.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 92 to 69 and 25 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.41% or 17.35 to $1250.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.59% or 0.85 to hit $54.44 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.33% or 0.74 to trade at $56.58 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.22% to 1.0579, while EUR/GBP fell 0.61% to 0.8428.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 100.99.