Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Building & Construction, Financial Services & Real Estate and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 2.39%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS), which rose 5.68% or 1.405 points to trade at 26.135 at the close. Meanwhile, Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 4.32% or 1.070 points to end at 25.840 and Indra A (MC:IDR) was up 4.05% or 0.440 points to 11.300 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE), which fell 0.51% or 0.085 points to trade at 16.470 at the close. Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL) declined 0.47% or 0.045 points to end at 9.630 and Abertis Infr (MC:ABE) was down 0.08% or 0.015 points to 18.200.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 163 to 30 and 10 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.85% or 11.40 to $1328.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.41% or 0.26 to hit $63.63 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.57% or 0.39 to trade at $68.41 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.31% to 1.2239, while EUR/GBP rose 0.22% to 0.8740.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 90.15.