Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Building & Construction, Consumer Goods and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Ferrovial (MC:FER), which rose 1.59% or 0.270 points to trade at 17.270 at the close. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) added 1.29% or 0.360 points to end at 28.180 and Indra A (MC:IDR) was up 1.21% or 0.130 points to 10.900 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which fell 1.71% or 0.440 points to trade at 25.300 at the close. Acciona (MC:ANA) declined 1.18% or 0.800 points to end at 66.920 and Gas Natural (MC:GAS) was down 0.95% or 0.175 points to 18.310.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 122 to 67 and 17 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.40% or 5.40 to $1352.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.23% or 0.14 to hit $60.74 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.59% or 0.38 to trade at $63.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.10% to 1.2463, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8883.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 88.83.