Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 1.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which rose 7.08% or 1.945 points to trade at 29.410 at the close. Gamesa (MC:GAM) added 3.67% or 0.695 points to end at 19.605 and Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) was up 3.50% or 0.074 points to 2.188 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ferrovial (MC:FER), which lost 1.15% or 0.205 points to trade at 17.705 in late trade. Int.Airl.Grp (MC:ICAG) declined 0.60% or 0.028 points to end at 4.599 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) shed 0.28% or 0.015 points to 5.365.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 146 to 44 and 19 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.34% or 4.65 to $1369.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.30% or 0.94 to hit $41.77 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.16% or 0.93 to trade at $44.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.1134, while EUR/GBP rose 1.36% to 0.8482.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 95.67.