Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Financial Services & Real Estate and Building & Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 1.96%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Iberdrola (MC:IBE), which rose 3.42% or 0.220 points to trade at 6.662 at the close. Meanwhile, Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) added 3.37% or 0.73 points to end at 22.41 and Banco Santander (MC:SAN) was up 3.35% or 0.183 points to 5.638 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Melia Hotels (MC:MEL), which fell 0.86% or 0.100 points to trade at 11.570 at the close. International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) declined 0.82% or 0.062 points to end at 7.456 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) was down 0.75% or 0.033 points to 4.372.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 156 to 23 and 14 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.37% or 0.73 to 22.41.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.15% or 2.00 to $1320.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.65% or 0.40 to hit $62.03 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.28% or 0.19 to trade at $68.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.44% to 1.2069, while EUR/GBP rose 0.24% to 0.8911.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 91.63.