Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Bankia (MC:BKIA), which rose 2.90% or 0.023 points to trade at 0.816 at the close. BBVA (MC:BBVA) added 2.80% or 0.180 points to end at 6.610 and B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) was up 2.25% or 0.028 points to 1.270 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ferrovial (MC:FER), which lost 3.36% or 0.625 points to trade at 17.965 in late trade. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) declined 3.03% or 1.070 points to end at 34.280 and International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (MC:ICAG) shed 3.02% or 0.143 points to 4.598.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 121 to 77 and 22 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.22% or 2.75 to $1269.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.59% or 0.78 to hit $49.96 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.68% or 0.84 to trade at $50.82 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.15% to 1.0892, while EUR/GBP rose 0.48% to 0.8950.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.36% at 98.94.