Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Building & Construction, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.03% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Sacyr (MC:SCYR), which rose 7.52% or 0.130 points to trade at 1.858 at the close. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 4.56% or 1.145 points to end at 26.260 and Repsol (MC:REP) was up 3.43% or 0.350 points to 10.555 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Indra A (MC:IDR), which lost 2.76% or 0.277 points to trade at 9.773 in late trade. Int.Airl.Grp (MC:ICAG) declined 2.62% or 0.186 points to end at 6.900 and Gamesa (MC:GAM) shed 1.52% or 0.270 points to 17.460.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 121 to 86 and 20 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was up 1.27% or 15.80 to $1257.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.29% or 0.10 to hit $34.56 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.14% or 0.05 to trade at $36.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.63% to 1.0938, while EUR/GBP rose 0.30% to 0.7740.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.46% at 97.75.