Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 2.51%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were B. Sabadell (MC:SABE), which rose 6.16% or 0.098 points to trade at 1.689 at the close. Meanwhile, Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) added 4.93% or 0.193 points to end at 4.110 and Ferrovial (MC:FER) was up 3.89% or 0.695 points to 18.560 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG), which fell 0.69% or 0.048 points to trade at 6.915 at the close. Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) declined 0.54% or 0.065 points to end at 12.070 and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM) was up 0.04% or 0.005 points to 11.780.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 148 to 33 and 13 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.07% or 0.89 to $1275.91 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.80% or 0.90 to hit $50.88 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.20% or 1.23 to trade at $57.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.43% to 1.1710, while EUR/GBP rose 0.42% to 0.8917.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 93.73.