Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Financial Services & Real Estate and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.72%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which rose 3.75% or 0.025 points to trade at 0.692 at the close. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:SGREN) added 3.25% or 0.318 points to end at 10.110 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) was up 3.11% or 0.212 points to 7.032 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which lost 2.61% or 0.620 points to trade at 23.130 in late trade. Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) declined 2.32% or 0.51 points to end at 21.50 and Repsol (MC:REP) shed 2.13% or 0.337 points to 15.488.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 96 to 74 and 11 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.82% or 22.10 to $1234.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.85% or 1.86 to hit $63.45 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 3.48% or 2.63 to trade at $72.84 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.72% to 1.1394, while EUR/GBP fell 1.05% to 0.8785.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.71% at 96.21.