Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (MC:IDR), which rose 2.41% or 0.290 points to trade at 12.345 at the close. Meanwhile, Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) added 2.39% or 0.058 points to end at 2.488 and Mapfre (MC:MAP) was up 1.58% or 0.037 points to 2.385 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which fell 1.59% or 0.530 points to trade at 32.870 at the close. ACS Const. (MC:ACS) declined 0.79% or 0.200 points to end at 25.145 and BBVA (MC:BBVA) was down 0.69% or 0.037 points to 5.328.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 101 to 97 and 27 ended unchanged.
Shares in Indra A (MC:IDR) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.41% or 0.290 to 12.345.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.49% or 6.55 to $1319.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.35% or 0.59 to hit $44.17 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 2.12% or 0.97 to trade at $46.82 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.09% to 1.1239, while EUR/GBP rose 0.11% to 0.8510.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 95.36.