Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Popular (MADRID:POP), which rose 6.80% or 0.297 points to trade at 4.676 at the close. B. Sabadell (MADRID:SABE) added 3.10% or 0.072 points to end at 2.397 and Bankia (MADRID:BKIA) was up 3.06% or 0.037 points to 1.247 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Int.Airl.Grp (MADRID:ICAG), which lost 3.56% or 0.276 points to trade at 7.480 in late trade. Bolsas y Mercados Espanoles (MADRID:BME) declined 2.85% or 1.175 points to end at 40.025 and Indra A (MADRID:IDR) shed 2.40% or 0.260 points to 10.560.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 124 to 86 and 4 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 2.53% or 30.60 to $1179.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.06% or 0.62 to hit $59.20 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.07% or 0.70 to trade at $66.55 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.53% to 1.1186, while EUR/GBP rose 1.37% to 0.7307.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 95.20.