Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.11% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Popular (MADRID:POP), which rose 4.03% or 0.147 points to trade at 3.808 at the close. B. Sabadell (MADRID:SABE) added 3.74% or 0.070 points to end at 1.941 and Caixabank SA (MADRID:CABK) was up 2.61% or 0.099 points to 3.898 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek), which lost 4.69% or 0.042 points to trade at 0.853 in late trade. Obrascon Huarte Lain (MADRID:OHL) declined 2.80% or 0.365 points to end at 12.685 and Telefonica (MADRID:TEF) shed 1.37% or 0.158 points to 11.332.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 134 to 85 and 2 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.50% or 5.80 to $1142.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 3.47% or 1.66 to hit $49.47 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 3.46% or 1.77 to trade at $53.10 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.40% to 1.1283, while EUR/GBP rose 0.37% to 0.7363.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 95.39.