Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 1.92% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL), which rose 4.45% or 0.334 points to trade at 7.835 at the close. Meanwhile, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM) added 4.25% or 0.460 points to end at 11.290 and Mapfre (MC:MAP) was up 3.42% or 0.091 points to 2.753 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which fell 3.91% or 0.169 points to trade at 4.150 at the close. Acerinox (MC:ACX) declined 1.94% or 0.240 points to end at 12.160 and Telefonica (MC:TEF) was down 0.55% or 0.049 points to 8.799.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 112 to 56 and 23 ended unchanged.
Shares in Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) fell to 5-year lows; falling 3.91% or 0.169 to 4.150.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.56% or 7.14 to $1271.86 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.31% or 0.16 to hit $52.34 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.21% or 0.12 to trade at $58.56 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 1.07% to 1.1686, while EUR/GBP fell 0.43% to 0.8870.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.84% at 94.32.