Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 1.57% to hit a new 5-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Santander (BME:SAN), which rose 4.56% or 0.20 points to trade at 4.68 at the close. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (BME:BBVA) added 4.39% or 0.41 points to end at 9.65 and Banco de Sabadell SA (BME:SABE) was up 4.26% or 0.08 points to 1.92 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME:SLRS), which lost 2.60% or 0.24 points to trade at 8.81 in late trade. Aena SME SA (BME:AENA) declined 2.47% or 5.20 points to end at 205.20 and Puig Brands SA (BME:PUIGb) shed 1.80% or 0.36 points to 19.68.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 128 to 71 and 21 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.74% or 19.81 to $2,656.39 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.15% or 0.10 to hit $68.44 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.08% or 0.06 to trade at $72.25 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.59% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.15% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.45% at 105.81.