Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Building & Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS), which rose 4.21% or 1.040 points to trade at 25.720 at the close. Meanwhile, International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) added 3.11% or 0.212 points to end at 7.020 and Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL) was up 2.96% or 0.270 points to 9.400 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX), which fell 1.63% or 0.36 points to trade at 21.69 at the close. Gas Natural (MC:GAS) declined 1.42% or 0.280 points to end at 19.390 and Iberdrola (MC:IBE) was down 1.19% or 0.072 points to 5.972.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 123 to 56 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL) rose to 5-year highs; rising 2.96% or 0.270 to 9.400.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.06% or 0.80 to $1323.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.50% or 0.32 to hit $64.70 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.41% or 0.28 to trade at $69.04 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.12% to 1.2294, while EUR/GBP rose 0.21% to 0.8762.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 89.77.