Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Gamesa (MADRID:GAM), which rose 9.44% or 1.150 points to trade at 13.335 at the close. Int.Airl.Grp (MADRID:ICAG) added 3.61% or 0.265 points to end at 7.600 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MADRID:DIDA) was up 2.05% or 0.146 points to 7.279 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Obrascon Huarte Lain (MADRID:OHL), which lost 9.10% or 1.835 points to trade at 18.325 in late trade. Grifols (MADRID:GRLS) declined 3.37% or 1.245 points to end at 35.750 and Repsol (MADRID:REP) shed 3.30% or 0.608 points to 17.823.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 125 to 90 and 4 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.69% or 8.20 to $1182.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.20% or 1.34 to hit $59.59 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 2.10% or 1.43 to trade at $66.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.67% to 1.1274, while EUR/GBP fell 0.50% to 0.7405.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.61% at 94.76.