Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.93%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which rose 2.91% or 0.990 points to trade at 34.960 at the close. Meanwhile, Mapfre (MC:MAP) added 2.86% or 0.090 points to end at 3.240 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) was up 2.75% or 0.147 points to 5.488 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Acerinox (MC:ACX), which fell 1.25% or 0.145 points to trade at 11.420 at the close. Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) declined 1.20% or 0.290 points to end at 23.845 and Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) was down 0.44% or 0.080 points to 18.260.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 120 to 51 and 19 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.18% or 2.22 to $1216.88 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.38% or 0.63 to hit $46.12 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.40% or 0.67 to trade at $48.41 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.24% to 1.1385, while EUR/GBP fell 0.50% to 0.8814.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 95.67.