Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (MC:IDR), which rose 3.25% or 0.360 points to trade at 11.450 at the close. Meanwhile, Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 2.46% or 0.620 points to end at 25.830 and Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) was up 1.73% or 0.285 points to 16.780 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Acerinox (MC:ACX), which fell 1.02% or 0.120 points to trade at 11.700 at the close. Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) declined 0.90% or 0.036 points to end at 3.960 and Banco Santander (MC:SAN) was down 0.37% or 0.020 points to 5.356.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 114 to 60 and 26 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.33% or 4.30 to $1318.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $68.00 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.57% or 0.42 to trade at $74.42 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.36% to 1.2117, while EUR/GBP fell 0.33% to 0.8701.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 91.29.