Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Building & Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.55% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Caixabank SA (MC:CABK), which rose 4.02% or 0.108 points to trade at 2.794 at the close. Meanwhile, Bankia (MC:BKIA) added 3.61% or 0.031 points to end at 0.890 and Acerinox (MC:ACX) was up 3.11% or 0.340 points to 11.270 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which fell 4.92% or 0.262 points to trade at 5.063 at the close. Enagas (MC:ENAG) declined 2.78% or 0.760 points to end at 26.590 and Gamesa (MC:GAM) was down 1.68% or 0.280 points to 16.395.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 95 to 89 and 28 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.19% or 2.40 to $1252.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.91% or 0.40 to hit $43.78 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.16% or 0.53 to trade at $45.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.02% to 1.1298, while EUR/GBP rose 0.09% to 0.7887.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 94.53.