Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 1.62% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Caixabank SA (MC:CABK), which rose 3.86% or 0.163 points to trade at 4.390 at the close. Banco Popular (MC:POP) added 3.77% or 0.025 points to end at 0.689 and Bankia (MC:BKIA) was up 3.74% or 0.041 points to 1.138 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which lost 1.36% or 0.095 points to trade at 6.910 in late trade. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) declined 0.66% or 0.240 points to end at 36.245 and Repsol (MC:REP) shed 0.62% or 0.090 points to 14.470.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 119 to 64 and 16 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.30% or 16.18 to $1232.32 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 3.99% or 1.91 to hit $45.91 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 3.76% or 1.91 to trade at $48.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.79% to 1.0972, while EUR/GBP rose 0.39% to 0.8493.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.59% at 98.67.