Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which rose 4.64% or 0.105 points to trade at 2.369 at the close. B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) added 4.43% or 0.067 points to end at 1.580 and Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) was up 2.94% or 0.077 points to 2.698 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Repsol (MC:REP), which lost 3.54% or 0.375 points to trade at 10.225 in late trade. Acerinox (MC:ACX) declined 2.99% or 0.292 points to end at 9.472 and ACS Const. (MC:ACS) shed 2.83% or 0.725 points to 24.880.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 124 to 79 and 19 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was up 1.03% or 12.90 to $1270.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.46% or 0.56 to hit $37.73 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 2.48% or 1.02 to trade at $40.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.73% to 1.1190, while EUR/GBP rose 0.89% to 0.7821.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.14% at 96.08.