Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Building & Construction and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.75%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL), which rose 3.55% or 0.269 points to trade at 7.851 at the close. Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) added 3.25% or 0.345 points to end at 10.970 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) was up 2.44% or 0.160 points to 6.730 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Indra A (MC:IDR), which lost 3.69% or 0.445 points to trade at 11.605 in late trade. Repsol (MC:REP) declined 0.83% or 0.125 points to end at 14.885 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) shed 0.62% or 0.150 points to 23.920.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 138 to 46 and 16 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.28% or 3.55 to $1281.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.25% or 0.14 to hit $55.19 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.65% or 0.40 to trade at $61.47 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.1776, while EUR/GBP fell 0.28% to 0.8927.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 93.76.