Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Building & Construction, Financial Services & Real Estate and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Ferrovial (MC:FER), which rose 3.84% or 0.710 points to trade at 19.200 at the close. Bankia (MC:BKIA) added 2.52% or 0.021 points to end at 0.853 and Gamesa (MC:GAM) was up 1.36% or 0.225 points to 16.760 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Abertis Infr (MC:ABE), which lost 1.78% or 0.265 points to trade at 14.615 in late trade. Acerinox (MC:ACX) declined 1.20% or 0.130 points to end at 10.685 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) shed 1.11% or 0.310 points to 27.690.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 125 to 71 and 17 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 1.71% or 21.40 to $1226.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.10% or 0.04 to hit $41.80 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.27% or 0.12 to trade at $44.30 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.1268, while EUR/GBP rose 0.25% to 0.7957.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 94.86.