Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Building & Construction and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Sacyr (MADRID:SCYR), which rose 1.95% or 0.080 points to trade at 4.191 at the close. Enagas (MADRID:ENAG) added 1.45% or 0.390 points to end at 27.265 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MADRID:TRE) was up 1.21% or 0.545 points to 45.785 in late trade.
Biggest losers included FCC (MADRID:FCC), which lost 2.02% or 0.220 points to trade at 10.660 in late trade. Int.Airl.Grp (MADRID:ICAG) declined 1.98% or 0.158 points to end at 7.808 and Bankinter (MADRID:BKT) shed 1.03% or 0.073 points to 6.977.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 109 to 96 and 8 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.36% or 4.40 to $1204.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 3.10% or 1.83 to hit $60.81 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 2.58% or 1.68 to trade at $66.70 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.28% to 1.1125, while EUR/GBP fell 0.57% to 0.7099.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.30% at 95.37.