Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Bankinter (MC:BKT), which rose 5.26% or 0.456 points to trade at 9.132 at the close. Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) added 2.97% or 0.128 points to end at 4.440 and B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) was up 1.64% or 0.031 points to 1.925 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM), which lost 3.50% or 0.450 points to trade at 12.400 in late trade. International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) declined 2.44% or 0.182 points to end at 7.282 and Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) shed 2.35% or 0.53 points to 22.04.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 104 to 70 and 18 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.30% or 4.10 to $1360.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.41% or 0.27 to hit $65.88 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.48% or 0.34 to trade at $70.87 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.60% to 1.2484, while EUR/GBP rose 0.47% to 0.8755.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.51% at 88.57.