Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 1.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Inditex (MC:ITX), which rose 3.91% or 1.050 points to trade at 27.920 at the close. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM) added 2.97% or 0.410 points to end at 14.200 and Repsol (MC:REP) was up 2.03% or 0.340 points to 17.090 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX), which lost 2.14% or 0.50 points to trade at 22.88 in late trade. Indra A (MC:IDR) declined 2.01% or 0.230 points to end at 11.200 and Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) shed 0.89% or 0.11 points to 12.28.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 120 to 59 and 25 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.09% or 1.10 to $1290.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.21% or 0.15 to hit $71.64 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.83% or 0.66 to trade at $79.94 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1806, while EUR/GBP fell 0.29% to 0.8729.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 93.32.