Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Building & Construction and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.75%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL), which rose 3.55% or 0.269 points to trade at 7.851 at the close. Meanwhile, Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) added 3.25% or 0.345 points to end at 10.970 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) was up 2.44% or 0.160 points to 6.730 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Indra A (MC:IDR), which fell 3.69% or 0.445 points to trade at 11.605 at the close. Repsol (MC:REP) declined 0.83% or 0.125 points to end at 14.885 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) was down 0.62% or 0.150 points to 23.920.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 138 to 46 and 16 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.28% or 3.55 to $1281.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.25% or 0.14 to hit $55.19 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.63% or 0.39 to trade at $61.48 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.1776, while EUR/GBP fell 0.27% to 0.8928.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 93.76.