Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Consumer Services and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 1.03%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which rose 6.23% or 1.590 points to trade at 27.100 at the close. Meanwhile, Gas Natural (MC:GAS) added 3.07% or 0.530 points to end at 17.790 and Indra A (MC:IDR) was up 2.29% or 0.206 points to 9.202 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which fell 1.05% or 0.012 points to trade at 1.128 at the close. Gamesa (MC:GAM) declined 1.01% or 0.170 points to end at 16.710 and Bankia (MC:BKIA) was down 0.49% or 0.003 points to 0.604.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 141 to 50 and 21 ended unchanged.
Shares in Banco Popular (MC:POP) fell to all time lows; falling 1.05% or 0.012 to 1.128.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.51% or 6.95 to $1360.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 3.01% or 1.43 to hit $46.00 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 3.05% or 1.49 to trade at $47.31 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.32% to 1.1064, while EUR/GBP fell 0.21% to 0.8566.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 96.28.