Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 1.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Industria de Diseno Textil SA (BME:ITX), which rose 2.98% or 1.44 points to trade at 49.82 at the close. Caixabank SA (BME:CABK) added 2.62% or 0.14 points to end at 5.47 and ArcelorMittal SA (BME:MTS) was up 2.36% or 0.47 points to 20.16 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI (BME:ROVI), which lost 1.73% or 1.30 points to trade at 73.80 in late trade. Enagas (BME:ENAG) declined 1.43% or 0.20 points to end at 13.77 and Fluidra (BME:FLUI) shed 1.31% or 0.28 points to 21.08.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 125 to 58 and 34 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.47% or 37.40 to $2,579.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 3.21% or 2.16 to hit $69.47 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 2.73% or 1.93 to trade at $72.54 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.31% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 101.51.