Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 1.24%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which rose 12.06% or 0.083 points to trade at 0.775 at the close. Meanwhile, Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) added 3.15% or 0.275 points to end at 9.010 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) was up 3.09% or 0.198 points to 6.596 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5), which fell 2.07% or 0.122 points to trade at 5.768 at the close. Repsol (MC:REP) declined 1.44% or 0.220 points to end at 15.050 and Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) was down 0.89% or 0.200 points to 22.310.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 117 to 54 and 14 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) fell to 5-year lows; down 2.07% or 0.122 to 5.768.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.37% or 4.50 to $1232.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.64% or 0.43 to hit $67.25 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.47% or 0.36 to trade at $76.53 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.18% to 1.1372, while EUR/GBP rose 0.31% to 0.8870.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 96.41.