Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.07% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM), which rose 4.08% or 0.490 points to trade at 12.495 at the close. Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) added 2.62% or 0.111 points to end at 4.341 and Iberdrola (MC:IBE) was up 1.38% or 0.088 points to 6.480 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ferrovial (MC:FER), which lost 1.35% or 0.265 points to trade at 19.320 in late trade. Telefonica (MC:TEF) declined 1.14% or 0.094 points to end at 8.180 and ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (MC:ACS) shed 1.09% or 0.370 points to 33.560.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 104 to 73 and 21 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.24% or 3.20 to $1322.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.46% or 0.93 to hit $64.50 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.84% or 0.58 to trade at $69.78 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.76% to 1.2038, while EUR/GBP rose 0.49% to 0.8889.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 91.63.