Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Consumer Services and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 1.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which rose 2.74% or 0.023 points to trade at 0.862 at the close. Telefonica (MC:TEF) added 2.59% or 0.231 points to end at 9.141 and B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) was up 2.54% or 0.037 points to 1.491 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gamesa (MC:GAM), which lost 0.54% or 0.110 points to trade at 20.215 in late trade. Amadeus IT (MC:AMA) declined 0.30% or 0.130 points to end at 43.100 and Enagas (MC:ENAG) shed 0.22% or 0.050 points to 23.100.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 126 to 40 and 14 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.38% or 4.75 to $1234.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.36% or 0.71 to hit $53.05 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.89% or 0.49 to trade at $55.61 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.33% to 1.0663, while EUR/GBP fell 0.21% to 0.8514.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 100.56.