Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 1.24% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Bankinter (MC:BKT), which rose 3.65% or 0.241 points to trade at 6.847 at the close. BBVA (MC:BBVA) added 3.18% or 0.191 points to end at 6.203 and Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) was up 2.57% or 0.065 points to 2.598 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA), which lost 1.13% or 1.50 points to trade at 131.50 in late trade. Gamesa (MC:GAM) declined 0.80% or 0.170 points to end at 21.120 and Abertis Infr (MC:ABE) shed 0.65% or 0.090 points to 13.740.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 123 to 72 and 16 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.26% or 3.35 to $1266.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.79% or 0.93 to hit $50.89 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 2.05% or 1.08 to trade at $51.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.39% to 1.0931, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.8918.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.41% at 98.27.