Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 2.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were B. Sabadell (MC:SABE), which rose 6.16% or 0.098 points to trade at 1.689 at the close. Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) added 4.93% or 0.193 points to end at 4.110 and Ferrovial (MC:FER) was up 3.89% or 0.695 points to 18.560 in late trade.
Biggest losers included International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG), which lost 0.69% or 0.048 points to trade at 6.915 in late trade. Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) declined 0.54% or 0.065 points to end at 12.070 and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM) gained 0.04% or 0.005 points to 11.780.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 148 to 33 and 13 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.07% or 0.87 to $1275.93 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.80% or 0.90 to hit $50.88 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.19% or 1.22 to trade at $57.02 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.43% to 1.1710, while EUR/GBP rose 0.42% to 0.8917.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 93.73.