Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Consumer Services and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 1.17%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which rose 2.74% or 0.023 points to trade at 0.862 at the close. Meanwhile, Telefonica (MC:TEF) added 2.59% or 0.231 points to end at 9.141 and B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) was up 2.54% or 0.037 points to 1.491 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gamesa (MC:GAM), which fell 0.54% or 0.110 points to trade at 20.215 at the close. Amadeus IT (MC:AMA) declined 0.30% or 0.130 points to end at 43.100 and Enagas (MC:ENAG) was down 0.22% or 0.050 points to 23.100.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 126 to 40 and 14 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.38% or 4.75 to $1234.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.32% or 0.69 to hit $53.03 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.87% or 0.48 to trade at $55.60 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.33% to 1.0663, while EUR/GBP fell 0.21% to 0.8514.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 100.56.