Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Financial Services & Real Estate and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.86%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Caixabank SA (BME:CABK), which rose 3.76% or 0.20 points to trade at 5.63 at the close. Bankinter (BME:BKT) added 3.67% or 0.29 points to end at 8.08 and Fluidra (BME:FLUI) was up 3.06% or 0.72 points to 24.26 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grifols SA (BME:GRLS), which lost 3.29% or 0.31 points to trade at 9.11 in late trade. Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI (BME:ROVI) declined 2.95% or 1.90 points to end at 62.55 and Acerinox (BME:ACX) shed 1.38% or 0.14 points to 9.63.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 109 to 82 and 26 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.46% or 12.26 to $2,684.66 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.19% or 0.87 to hit $74.19 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.27% or 0.97 to trade at $77.13 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.16% to 1.03, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.25% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 108.99.