Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 1.85% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Santander (MC:SAN), which rose 3.72% or 0.202 points to trade at 5.635 at the close. BBVA (MC:BBVA) added 3.14% or 0.215 points to end at 7.056 and B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) was up 2.99% or 0.048 points to 1.654 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5), which lost 1.00% or 0.115 points to trade at 11.395 in late trade. Banco Popular (MC:POP) declined 0.86% or 0.008 points to end at 0.922 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) shed 0.42% or 0.155 points to 36.645.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 139 to 26 and 14 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 2.17% or 26.05 to $1226.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.37% or 0.18 to hit $48.68 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.31% or 0.16 to trade at $51.65 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.0728, while EUR/GBP fell 0.65% to 0.8676.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 100.26.