Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Consumer Services and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 1.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which rose 6.23% or 1.590 points to trade at 27.100 at the close. Gas Natural (MC:GAS) added 3.07% or 0.530 points to end at 17.790 and Indra A (MC:IDR) was up 2.29% or 0.206 points to 9.202 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Popular (MC:POP), which lost 1.05% or 0.012 points to trade at 1.128 in late trade. Gamesa (MC:GAM) declined 1.01% or 0.170 points to end at 16.710 and Bankia (MC:BKIA) shed 0.49% or 0.003 points to 0.604.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 141 to 50 and 21 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.52% or 7.10 to $1360.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.99% or 1.42 to hit $46.01 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 3.05% or 1.49 to trade at $47.31 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.31% to 1.1065, while EUR/GBP fell 0.21% to 0.8566.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 96.28.