Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Financial Services & Real Estate and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Bankia SA (MC:BKIA), which rose 1.62% or 0.062 points to trade at 3.877 at the close. Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) added 1.35% or 0.124 points to end at 9.309 and Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) was up 1.21% or 0.25 points to 20.88 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM), which lost 2.73% or 0.260 points to trade at 9.255 in late trade. Viscofan (MC:VIS) declined 1.12% or 0.590 points to end at 51.990 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) shed 0.99% or 0.067 points to 6.704.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 100 to 76 and 21 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.06% or 0.79 to $1291.41 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.59% or 0.34 to hit $58.36 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $63.30 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.27% to 1.1853, while EUR/GBP rose 0.42% to 0.8909.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 93.03.