Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Building & Construction and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Gamesa (MADRID:GAM), which rose 2.83% or 0.405 points to trade at 14.710 at the close. Int.Airl.Grp (MADRID:ICAG) added 2.40% or 0.176 points to end at 7.526 and Amadeus IT (MADRID:AMA) was up 2.23% or 0.840 points to 38.600 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Arcel. Mittal (MADRID:MTS), which lost 1.70% or 0.138 points to trade at 7.963 in late trade. FCC (MADRID:FCC) declined 1.49% or 0.128 points to end at 8.442 and Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek) shed 1.05% or 0.010 points to 0.946.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 132 to 70 and 6 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.70% or 7.90 to $1115.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 2.54% or 1.10 to hit $42.20 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.34% or 0.67 to trade at $49.51 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.19% to 1.1137, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.7140.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 96.50.