Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Building & Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 2.06% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Santander (MC:SAN), which rose 5.27% or 0.247 points to trade at 4.930 at the close. Meanwhile, B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) added 5.24% or 0.068 points to end at 1.367 and Bankia (MC:BKIA) was up 5.18% or 0.048 points to 0.975 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Enagas (MC:ENAG), which fell 1.15% or 0.270 points to trade at 23.300 at the close. Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) declined 1.06% or 1.35 points to end at 126.40 and Inditex (MC:ITX) was down 1.01% or 0.325 points to 31.900.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 113 to 51 and 10 ended unchanged.
Shares in Banco Santander (MC:SAN) rose to 52-week highs; up 5.27% or 0.247 to 4.930.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.39% or 4.65 to $1172.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.47% or 0.73 to hit $50.50 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.23% or 0.65 to trade at $53.65 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 1.31% to 1.0614, while EUR/GBP fell 0.94% to 0.8438.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.88% at 101.16.