Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Building & Construction and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.37% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were ACS Const. (MC:ACS), which rose 2.88% or 0.885 points to trade at 31.610 at the close. Meanwhile, Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) added 2.08% or 0.470 points to end at 23.085 and Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) was up 2.01% or 0.157 points to 7.971 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL), which fell 0.82% or 0.09 points to trade at 10.31 at the close. Indra A (MC:IDR) declined 0.51% or 0.060 points to end at 11.820 and B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) was down 0.47% or 0.008 points to 1.710.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 99 to 67 and 20 ended unchanged.
Shares in ACS Const. (MC:ACS) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.88% or 0.885 to 31.610. Shares in Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) rose to 3-years highs; rising 2.08% or 0.470 to 23.085.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.45% or 5.70 to $1248.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.47% or 0.73 to hit $50.24 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.86% or 0.45 to trade at $52.99 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.39% to 1.0723, while EUR/GBP fell 0.85% to 0.8585.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 100.01.