Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.77%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM), which rose 6.98% or 0.710 points to trade at 10.885 at the close. Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) added 2.38% or 0.094 points to end at 4.042 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) was up 2.18% or 0.560 points to 26.230 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mapfre (MC:MAP), which lost 0.98% or 0.027 points to trade at 2.715 in late trade. Amadeus IT (MC:AMA) declined 0.56% or 0.340 points to end at 60.730 and Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) shed 0.41% or 0.70 points to 169.30.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 124 to 57 and 16 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.90% or 11.40 to $1254.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.16% or 0.65 to hit $56.61 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.39% or 0.85 to trade at $62.07 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.03% to 1.1791, while EUR/GBP fell 0.31% to 0.8780.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 93.63.