Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Telefonica (MC:TEF), which rose 3.80% or 0.290 points to trade at 7.930 at the close. Meanwhile, Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) added 2.90% or 0.113 points to end at 4.010 and Enagas (MC:ENAG) was up 1.93% or 0.400 points to 21.080 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (MC:ACS), which fell 1.33% or 0.380 points to trade at 28.220 at the close. Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) declined 0.96% or 0.039 points to end at 4.000 and Acerinox (MC:ACX) was down 0.58% or 0.070 points to 11.960.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 93 to 87 and 24 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.10% or 1.30 to $1333.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 2.06% or 1.27 to hit $62.95 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.61% or 1.05 to trade at $66.47 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.48% to 1.2342, while EUR/GBP rose 0.07% to 0.8832.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 89.62.