Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.25% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Bankia SA (MC:BKIA), which rose 2.15% or 0.078 points to trade at 3.706 at the close. Amadeus IT (MC:AMA) added 1.46% or 0.920 points to end at 64.000 and Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) was up 1.14% or 0.048 points to 4.270 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which lost 9.02% or 0.335 points to trade at 3.377 in late trade. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) declined 1.70% or 0.460 points to end at 26.650 and Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) shed 1.33% or 0.160 points to 11.880.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 92 to 87 and 24 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.51% or 6.70 to $1319.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.31% or 0.22 to hit $70.92 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.30% or 0.23 to trade at $76.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.52% to 1.1912, while EUR/GBP rose 0.85% to 0.8822.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 92.63.