Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Building & Construction and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Inditex (MC:ITX), which rose 2.67% or 0.835 points to trade at 32.050 at the close. Meanwhile, Gamesa (MC:GAM) added 2.22% or 0.415 points to end at 19.135 and Endesa (MC:ELE) was up 2.05% or 0.385 points to 19.140 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which fell 3.32% or 0.029 points to trade at 0.844 at the close. International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (MC:ICAG) declined 2.09% or 0.111 points to end at 5.194 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) was down 1.07% or 0.048 points to 4.436.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 119 to 93 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in Banco Popular (MC:POP) fell to all time lows; down 3.32% or 0.029 to 0.844.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.37% or 4.45 to $1183.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $47.95 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $48.95 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.0556, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8476.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 101.76.