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 rose 0.55% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Caixabank SA (MC:CABK), which rose 4.02% or 0.108 points to trade at 2.794 at the close. Bankia (MC:BKIA) added 3.61% or 0.031 points to end at 0.890 and Acerinox (MC:ACX) was up 3.11% or 0.340 points to 11.270 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which lost 4.92% or 0.262 points to trade at 5.063 in late trade. Enagas (MC:ENAG) declined 2.78% or 0.760 points to end at 26.590 and Gamesa (MC:GAM) shed 1.68% or 0.280 points to 16.395.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 95 to 89 and 28 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.19% or 2.40 to $1252.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.91% or 0.40 to hit $43.78 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.16% or 0.53 to trade at $45.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.02% to 1.1298, while EUR/GBP rose 0.09% to 0.7887.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 94.53.