Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Telecoms & IT and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 1.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Cie Automotive (MC:CIEA), which rose 2.62% or 0.700 points to trade at 27.460 at the close. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 2.41% or 0.640 points to end at 27.170 and Telefonica (MC:TEF) was up 2.39% or 0.160 points to 6.859 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Indra A (MC:IDR), which lost 2.37% or 0.240 points to trade at 9.880 in late trade. Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) declined 1.25% or 0.120 points to end at 9.470 and Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL) shed 0.92% or 0.085 points to 9.190.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 101 to 66 and 26 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.12% or 1.40 to $1209.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.40% or 0.28 to hit $70.49 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.78% or 0.62 to trade at $78.78 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.70% to 1.1755, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.8881.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.51% at 93.64.