Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.95% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (MC:ICAG), which rose 3.47% or 0.167 points to trade at 4.981 at the close. Banco Popular (MC:POP) added 2.73% or 0.033 points to end at 1.241 and Banco Santander (MC:SAN) was up 2.25% or 0.093 points to 4.222 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which lost 1.33% or 0.075 points to trade at 5.575 in late trade. Gamesa (MC:GAM) declined 0.90% or 0.190 points to end at 21.025 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) shed 0.74% or 0.041 points to 5.518.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 115 to 83 and 22 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.66% or 8.95 to $1340.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 3.82% or 1.74 to hit $47.24 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 3.63% or 1.74 to trade at $49.72 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.10% to 1.1250, while EUR/GBP rose 0.43% to 0.8462.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 95.08.