Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Building & Construction, Telecoms & IT and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Sacyr SA (BME:SCYR), which rose 1.96% or 0.06 points to trade at 3.12 at the close. Banco de Sabadell SA (BME:SABE) added 1.64% or 0.03 points to end at 1.86 and Ferrovial (BME:FER) was up 1.20% or 0.48 points to 40.54 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fluidra (BME:FLUI), which lost 0.92% or 0.22 points to trade at 23.72 in late trade. SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME:SLRS) declined 0.37% or 0.03 points to end at 8.01 and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (BME:BBVA) shed 0.32% or 0.03 points to 9.27.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.49% or 12.79 to $2,648.29 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.19% or 0.13 to hit $69.97 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.12% or 0.09 to trade at $73.08 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.15% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.43% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 107.89.