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 1.85% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Santander (MC:SAN), which rose 3.72% or 0.202 points to trade at 5.635 at the close. Meanwhile, BBVA (MC:BBVA) added 3.14% or 0.215 points to end at 7.056 and B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) was up 2.99% or 0.048 points to 1.654 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5), which fell 1.00% or 0.115 points to trade at 11.395 at the close. Banco Popular (MC:POP) declined 0.86% or 0.008 points to end at 0.922 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) was down 0.42% or 0.155 points to 36.645.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 139 to 26 and 14 ended unchanged.
Shares in Banco Santander (MC:SAN) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.72% or 0.202 to 5.635. Shares in BBVA (MC:BBVA) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.14% or 0.215 to 7.056.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 2.17% or 26.05 to $1226.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.37% or 0.18 to hit $48.68 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.31% or 0.16 to trade at $51.65 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.0728, while EUR/GBP fell 0.65% to 0.8676.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 100.26.