Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Consumer Goods and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.74%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which rose 3.98% or 1.275 points to trade at 33.300 at the close. Gamesa (MC:GAM) added 3.06% or 0.585 points to end at 19.735 and Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) was up 3.00% or 0.169 points to 5.796 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Popular (MC:POP), which lost 2.29% or 0.027 points to trade at 1.153 in late trade. Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) declined 0.72% or 0.017 points to end at 2.331 and Enagas (MC:ENAG) shed 0.71% or 0.190 points to 26.610.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 129 to 60 and 17 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.52% or 6.95 to $1355.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.76% or 1.29 to hit $48.08 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.79% or 0.89 to trade at $50.74 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.39% to 1.1334, while EUR/GBP fell 0.44% to 0.8622.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.44% at 94.27.