Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 2.65%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (MADRID:IDR), which rose 4.93% or 0.510 points to trade at 10.845 at the close. Int.Airl.Grp (MADRID:ICAG) added 4.62% or 0.316 points to end at 7.154 and Gamesa (MADRID:GAM) was up 4.23% or 0.610 points to 15.035 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Obrascon Huarte Lain (MADRID:OHL), which lost 1.82% or 0.290 points to trade at 15.615 in late trade. Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MADRID:DIDA) declined 0.31% or 0.020 points to end at 6.421 and Aena Aeropuertos SA (MADRID:AENA) gained 0.31% or 0.29 points to 94.05.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 173 to 27 and 8 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.30% or 3.50 to $1160.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 2.65% or 1.37 to hit $53.02 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 3.39% or 1.94 to trade at $58.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.57% to 1.1014, while EUR/GBP fell 0.60% to 0.7169.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.42% at 96.79.