Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Financial Services & Real Estate and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (MADRID:IDR), which rose 1.95% or 0.180 points to trade at 9.409 at the close. Red Electrica Corp. (MADRID:REE) added 1.53% or 1.100 points to end at 73.010 and Acciona (MADRID:ANA) was up 1.29% or 0.850 points to 66.580 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Repsol (MADRID:REP), which lost 2.59% or 0.432 points to trade at 16.238 in late trade. Arcel. Mittal (MADRID:MTS) declined 1.94% or 0.181 points to end at 9.144 and Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek) shed 1.38% or 0.040 points to 2.860.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 136 to 74 and 5 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 1.96% or 23.10 to $1199.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.78% or 0.47 to hit $60.80 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.84% or 0.54 to trade at $64.41 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.58% to 1.1403, while EUR/GBP rose 0.35% to 0.7185.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.43% at 94.08.