Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (MC:IDR), which rose 2.41% or 0.290 points to trade at 12.345 at the close. Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) added 2.39% or 0.058 points to end at 2.488 and Mapfre (MC:MAP) was up 1.58% or 0.037 points to 2.385 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which lost 1.59% or 0.530 points to trade at 32.870 in late trade. ACS Const. (MC:ACS) declined 0.79% or 0.200 points to end at 25.145 and BBVA (MC:BBVA) shed 0.69% or 0.037 points to 5.328.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 101 to 97 and 27 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.50% or 6.65 to $1319.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.35% or 0.59 to hit $44.17 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 2.12% or 0.97 to trade at $46.82 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.09% to 1.1239, while EUR/GBP rose 0.11% to 0.8510.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 95.36.