Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (MC:IDR), which rose 1.90% or 0.245 points to trade at 13.140 at the close. Acerinox (MC:ACX) added 1.12% or 0.130 points to end at 11.690 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) was up 1.04% or 0.069 points to 6.707 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM), which lost 2.77% or 0.350 points to trade at 12.300 in late trade. Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) declined 1.11% or 0.061 points to end at 5.431 and Amadeus IT (MC:AMA) shed 0.91% or 0.470 points to 51.080.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 83 to 80 and 27 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.14% or 1.76 to $1292.94 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.58% or 1.25 to hit $47.16 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.65% or 0.87 to trade at $51.70 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1806, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.9227.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 93.18.