Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Building & Construction and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Sacyr (MADRID:SCYR), which rose 1.95% or 0.080 points to trade at 4.191 at the close. Meanwhile, Enagas (MADRID:ENAG) added 1.45% or 0.390 points to end at 27.265 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MADRID:TRE) was up 1.21% or 0.545 points to 45.785 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were FCC (MADRID:FCC), which fell 2.02% or 0.220 points to trade at 10.660 at the close. Int.Airl.Grp (MADRID:ICAG) declined 1.98% or 0.158 points to end at 7.808 and Bankinter (MADRID:BKT) was down 1.03% or 0.073 points to 6.977.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 109 to 96 and 8 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.37% or 4.50 to $1204.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 3.09% or 1.82 to hit $60.80 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 2.58% or 1.68 to trade at $66.70 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.28% to 1.1125, while EUR/GBP fell 0.57% to 0.7099.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.30% at 95.36.