Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were B. Sabadell (MC:SABE), which rose 4.12% or 0.070 points to trade at 1.780 at the close. Mapfre (MC:MAP) added 1.73% or 0.047 points to end at 2.769 and ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) was up 1.37% or 0.355 points to 26.260 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ferrovial (MC:FER), which lost 1.56% or 0.270 points to trade at 17.080 in late trade. Aena SME SA (MC:AENA) declined 1.14% or 1.95 points to end at 169.70 and Inditex (MC:ITX) shed 0.94% or 0.240 points to 25.180.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 106 to 74 and 22 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.46% or 19.80 to $1340.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.19% or 0.13 to hit $66.69 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.54% or 0.39 to trade at $71.67 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.38% to 1.2320, while EUR/GBP fell 0.76% to 0.8657.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 89.52.