Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Consumer Goods and Building & Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.74%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which rose 3.98% or 1.275 points to trade at 33.300 at the close. Meanwhile, Gamesa (MC:GAM) added 3.06% or 0.585 points to end at 19.735 and Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) was up 3.00% or 0.169 points to 5.796 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which fell 2.29% or 0.027 points to trade at 1.153 at the close. Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) declined 0.72% or 0.017 points to end at 2.331 and Enagas (MC:ENAG) was down 0.71% or 0.190 points to 26.610.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 129 to 60 and 17 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.52% or 6.95 to $1355.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.76% or 1.29 to hit $48.08 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.81% or 0.90 to trade at $50.75 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.39% to 1.1334, while EUR/GBP fell 0.43% to 0.8623.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.44% at 94.27.