Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 1.92%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL), which rose 4.45% or 0.334 points to trade at 7.835 at the close. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM) added 4.25% or 0.460 points to end at 11.290 and Mapfre (MC:MAP) was up 3.42% or 0.091 points to 2.753 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which lost 3.91% or 0.169 points to trade at 4.150 in late trade. Acerinox (MC:ACX) declined 1.94% or 0.240 points to end at 12.160 and Telefonica (MC:TEF) shed 0.55% or 0.049 points to 8.799.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 112 to 56 and 23 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.57% or 7.31 to $1271.69 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.31% or 0.16 to hit $52.34 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.21% or 0.12 to trade at $58.56 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 1.08% to 1.1685, while EUR/GBP fell 0.44% to 0.8869.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.84% at 94.32.