Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.95% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (MC:ICAG), which rose 3.47% or 0.167 points to trade at 4.981 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Popular (MC:POP) added 2.73% or 0.033 points to end at 1.241 and Banco Santander (MC:SAN) was up 2.25% or 0.093 points to 4.222 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which fell 1.33% or 0.075 points to trade at 5.575 at the close. Gamesa (MC:GAM) declined 0.90% or 0.190 points to end at 21.025 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) was down 0.74% or 0.041 points to 5.518.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 115 to 83 and 22 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.66% or 8.85 to $1340.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 3.87% or 1.76 to hit $47.26 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 3.63% or 1.74 to trade at $49.72 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.11% to 1.1251, while EUR/GBP rose 0.44% to 0.8463.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 95.08.