Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Consumer Goods and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 1.54% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MADRID:DIDA), which rose 3.11% or 0.199 points to trade at 6.600 at the close. Meanwhile, Bankinter (MADRID:BKT) added 2.56% or 0.181 points to end at 7.240 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MADRID:TRE) was up 2.46% or 1.060 points to 44.180 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aena Aeropuertos SA (MADRID:AENA), which fell 0.55% or 0.55 points to trade at 99.80 at the close. Indra A (MADRID:IDR) declined 0.32% or 0.035 points to end at 10.995 and FCC (MADRID:FCC) was down 0.09% or 0.008 points to 9.402.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 163 to 41 and 8 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.33% or 3.80 to $1143.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.19% or 0.10 to hit $51.31 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.31% or 0.17 to trade at $57.30 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.67% to 1.0877, while EUR/GBP fell 0.44% to 0.6972.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.51% at 97.78.