Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 2.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which rose 6.46% or 0.292 points to trade at 4.809 at the close. Acerinox (MC:ACX) added 5.37% or 0.503 points to end at 9.878 and Banco Santander (MC:SAN) was up 4.30% or 0.174 points to 4.224 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Enagas (MC:ENAG), which lost 0.35% or 0.095 points to trade at 26.750 in late trade. Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) declined 0.09% or 0.010 points to end at 11.440 and Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) 0.00% or 0.00 points to 9.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 144 to 48 and 20 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.45% or 5.75 to $1264.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.65% or 0.32 to hit $49.45 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.70% or 0.35 to trade at $50.23 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.46% to 1.1349, while EUR/GBP fell 0.21% to 0.7660.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.29% at 93.54.