Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Financial Services & Real Estate and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Bankia SA (MC:BKIA), which rose 1.62% or 0.062 points to trade at 3.877 at the close. Meanwhile, Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) added 1.35% or 0.124 points to end at 9.309 and Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) was up 1.21% or 0.25 points to 20.88 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM), which fell 2.73% or 0.260 points to trade at 9.255 at the close. Viscofan (MC:VIS) declined 1.12% or 0.590 points to end at 51.990 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) was down 0.99% or 0.067 points to 6.704.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 100 to 76 and 21 ended unchanged.
Shares in Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.73% or 0.260 to 9.255.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.06% or 0.78 to $1291.42 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.59% or 0.34 to hit $58.36 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $63.30 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.27% to 1.1853, while EUR/GBP rose 0.42% to 0.8909.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 93.03.