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 rose 0.93% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Gamesa (MC:GAM), which rose 2.56% or 0.555 points to trade at 22.195 at the close. Meanwhile, Ferrovial (MC:FER) added 2.30% or 0.420 points to end at 18.680 and Inditex (MC:ITX) was up 2.19% or 0.695 points to 32.505 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which fell 1.36% or 0.111 points to trade at 8.037 at the close. Acerinox (MC:ACX) declined 0.75% or 0.100 points to end at 13.255 and Iberdrola (MC:IBE) was down 0.20% or 0.013 points to 6.500.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 110 to 58 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in Gamesa (MC:GAM) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.56% or 0.555 to 22.195.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.25% or 3.15 to $1246.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.42% or 0.20 to hit $47.84 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.02 to trade at $50.66 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.12% to 1.0783, while EUR/GBP fell 0.43% to 0.8611.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 99.55.