Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.07% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM), which rose 4.08% or 0.490 points to trade at 12.495 at the close. Meanwhile, Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) added 2.62% or 0.111 points to end at 4.341 and Iberdrola (MC:IBE) was up 1.38% or 0.088 points to 6.480 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ferrovial (MC:FER), which fell 1.35% or 0.265 points to trade at 19.320 at the close. Telefonica (MC:TEF) declined 1.14% or 0.094 points to end at 8.180 and ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (MC:ACS) was down 1.09% or 0.370 points to 33.560.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 104 to 73 and 21 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.24% or 3.20 to $1322.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.49% or 0.95 to hit $64.52 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.84% or 0.58 to trade at $69.78 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.76% to 1.2038, while EUR/GBP rose 0.50% to 0.8890.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.51% at 91.64.