Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS), which rose 4.21% or 1.040 points to trade at 25.720 at the close. International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) added 3.11% or 0.212 points to end at 7.020 and Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL) was up 2.96% or 0.270 points to 9.400 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX), which lost 1.63% or 0.36 points to trade at 21.69 in late trade. Gas Natural (MC:GAS) declined 1.42% or 0.280 points to end at 19.390 and Iberdrola (MC:IBE) shed 1.19% or 0.072 points to 5.972.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 123 to 56 and 19 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.06% or 0.80 to $1323.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.48% or 0.31 to hit $64.69 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.39% or 0.27 to trade at $69.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.12% to 1.2294, while EUR/GBP rose 0.21% to 0.8762.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 89.78.