Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Bankia (MC:BKIA), which rose 2.90% or 0.023 points to trade at 0.816 at the close. Meanwhile, BBVA (MC:BBVA) added 2.80% or 0.180 points to end at 6.610 and B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) was up 2.25% or 0.028 points to 1.270 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ferrovial (MC:FER), which fell 3.36% or 0.625 points to trade at 17.965 at the close. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) declined 3.03% or 1.070 points to end at 34.280 and International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (MC:ICAG) was down 3.02% or 0.143 points to 4.598.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 121 to 77 and 22 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.22% or 2.75 to $1269.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.59% or 0.78 to hit $49.96 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.68% or 0.84 to trade at $50.82 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.15% to 1.0892, while EUR/GBP rose 0.48% to 0.8950.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.36% at 98.94.