Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Building & Construction, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (MC:IDR), which rose 4.94% or 0.610 points to trade at 12.960 at the close. Meanwhile, Ferrovial (MC:FER) added 2.19% or 0.440 points to end at 20.500 and Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) was up 1.91% or 0.260 points to 13.860 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which fell 17.90% or 0.109 points to trade at 0.500 at the close. Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) declined 1.40% or 0.059 points to end at 4.140 and Bankia (MC:BKIA) was down 0.98% or 0.010 points to 1.014.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 84 to 77 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Banco Popular (MC:POP) fell to all time lows; falling 17.90% or 0.109 to 0.500. Shares in Ferrovial (MC:FER) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.19% or 0.440 to 20.500.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.65% or 8.33 to $1263.67 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.14% or 0.55 to hit $48.87 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.73% or 0.37 to trade at $51.13 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.30% to 1.1210, while EUR/GBP fell 0.28% to 0.8700.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 97.16.