Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Telecoms & IT and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 1.03%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Cie Automotive (MC:CIEA), which rose 2.62% or 0.700 points to trade at 27.460 at the close. Meanwhile, Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 2.41% or 0.640 points to end at 27.170 and Telefonica (MC:TEF) was up 2.39% or 0.160 points to 6.859 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Indra A (MC:IDR), which fell 2.37% or 0.240 points to trade at 9.880 at the close. Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) declined 1.25% or 0.120 points to end at 9.470 and Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL) was down 0.92% or 0.085 points to 9.190.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 101 to 66 and 26 ended unchanged.
Shares in Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) fell to 52-week lows; down 1.25% or 0.120 to 9.470.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.12% or 1.50 to $1209.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.38% or 0.27 to hit $70.50 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.77% or 0.61 to trade at $78.79 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.70% to 1.1755, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8882.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.51% at 93.64.