Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Building & Construction, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (MC:IDR), which rose 4.94% or 0.610 points to trade at 12.960 at the close. Ferrovial (MC:FER) added 2.19% or 0.440 points to end at 20.500 and Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) was up 1.91% or 0.260 points to 13.860 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Popular (MC:POP), which lost 17.90% or 0.109 points to trade at 0.500 in late trade. Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) declined 1.40% or 0.059 points to end at 4.140 and Bankia (MC:BKIA) shed 0.98% or 0.010 points to 1.014.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 84 to 77 and 19 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.65% or 8.32 to $1263.68 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.14% or 0.55 to hit $48.87 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.73% or 0.37 to trade at $51.13 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.30% to 1.1210, while EUR/GBP fell 0.28% to 0.8700.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 97.16.