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 added 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Repsol (MC:REP), which rose 4.68% or 0.505 points to trade at 11.305 at the close. Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) added 4.61% or 0.510 points to end at 11.580 and Sacyr (MC:SCYR) was up 3.65% or 0.062 points to 1.762 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Obrascon Huarte Lain (MC:OHL), which lost 2.09% or 0.123 points to trade at 5.757 in late trade. Bankia (MC:BKIA) declined 1.68% or 0.013 points to end at 0.763 and Banco Popular (MC:POP) shed 1.51% or 0.032 points to 2.092.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 106 to 81 and 21 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.22% or 2.85 to $1277.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.19% or 0.96 to hit $44.74 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.59% or 0.71 to trade at $45.33 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.71% to 1.1404, while EUR/GBP fell 0.62% to 0.7875.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.51% at 93.75.