Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were B. Sabadell (MC:SABE), which rose 4.12% or 0.070 points to trade at 1.780 at the close. Meanwhile, Mapfre (MC:MAP) added 1.73% or 0.047 points to end at 2.769 and ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) was up 1.37% or 0.355 points to 26.260 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ferrovial (MC:FER), which fell 1.56% or 0.270 points to trade at 17.080 at the close. Aena SME SA (MC:AENA) declined 1.14% or 1.95 points to end at 169.70 and Inditex (MC:ITX) was down 0.94% or 0.240 points to 25.180.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 106 to 74 and 22 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.46% or 19.80 to $1340.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.18% or 0.12 to hit $66.70 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.51% or 0.37 to trade at $71.69 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.38% to 1.2320, while EUR/GBP fell 0.75% to 0.8658.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 89.52.