Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 2.06% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Santander (MC:SAN), which rose 5.27% or 0.247 points to trade at 4.930 at the close. B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) added 5.24% or 0.068 points to end at 1.367 and Bankia (MC:BKIA) was up 5.18% or 0.048 points to 0.975 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Enagas (MC:ENAG), which lost 1.15% or 0.270 points to trade at 23.300 in late trade. Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) declined 1.06% or 1.35 points to end at 126.40 and Inditex (MC:ITX) shed 1.01% or 0.325 points to 31.900.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 113 to 51 and 10 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.39% or 4.65 to $1172.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.47% or 0.73 to hit $50.50 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.19% or 0.63 to trade at $53.63 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 1.30% to 1.0615, while EUR/GBP fell 0.94% to 0.8438.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.88% at 101.16.