Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.11% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Bankia SA (MC:BKIA), which rose 2.20% or 0.079 points to trade at 3.669 at the close. Bankinter (MC:BKT) added 1.90% or 0.162 points to end at 8.690 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) was up 1.86% or 0.450 points to 24.650 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Melia Hotels (MC:MEL), which lost 2.29% or 0.270 points to trade at 11.530 in late trade. Indra A (MC:IDR) declined 1.42% or 0.160 points to end at 11.100 and Inditex (MC:ITX) shed 1.32% or 0.330 points to 24.620.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 95 to 81 and 22 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.49% or 6.60 to $1346.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.57% or 0.39 to hit $68.86 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.05% or 0.77 to trade at $74.25 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.28% to 1.2338, while EUR/GBP fell 0.24% to 0.8692.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 89.58.