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 0.93% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Gamesa (MC:GAM), which rose 2.56% or 0.555 points to trade at 22.195 at the close. Ferrovial (MC:FER) added 2.30% or 0.420 points to end at 18.680 and Inditex (MC:ITX) was up 2.19% or 0.695 points to 32.505 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which lost 1.36% or 0.111 points to trade at 8.037 in late trade. Acerinox (MC:ACX) declined 0.75% or 0.100 points to end at 13.255 and Iberdrola (MC:IBE) shed 0.20% or 0.013 points to 6.500.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 110 to 58 and 13 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.24% or 2.95 to $1246.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.42% or 0.20 to hit $47.84 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.02 to trade at $50.66 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.12% to 1.0783, while EUR/GBP fell 0.43% to 0.8611.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 99.54.