Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which rose 4.64% or 0.105 points to trade at 2.369 at the close. Meanwhile, B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) added 4.43% or 0.067 points to end at 1.580 and Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) was up 2.94% or 0.077 points to 2.698 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Repsol (MC:REP), which fell 3.54% or 0.375 points to trade at 10.225 at the close. Acerinox (MC:ACX) declined 2.99% or 0.292 points to end at 9.472 and ACS Const. (MC:ACS) was down 2.83% or 0.725 points to 24.880.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 124 to 79 and 19 ended unchanged.
Gold for April delivery was up 1.05% or 13.20 to $1270.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.49% or 0.57 to hit $37.72 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 2.53% or 1.04 to trade at $40.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.75% to 1.1193, while EUR/GBP rose 0.92% to 0.7823.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.16% at 96.06.