Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Madrid Consumer Goods, Madrid Financial Services & Real Estate and Madrid Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 1.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Industria de Diseno Textil SA (BME:ITX), which rose 2.98% or 1.44 points to trade at 49.82 at the close. Caixabank SA (BME:CABK) added 2.62% or 0.14 points to end at 5.47 and ArcelorMittal SA (BME:MTS) was up 2.36% or 0.47 points to 20.16 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI (BME:ROVI), which fell 1.73% or 1.30 points to trade at 73.80 in late trade. Enagas (BME:ENAG) declined 1.43% or 0.20 points to end at 13.77 and Fluidra (BME:FLUI) down 1.31% or 0.28 points to 21.08.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 125 to 58 and 34 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
Shares in Industria de Diseno Textil SA (BME:ITX) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 2.98% or 1.44 to 49.82.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.47% or 37.35 to $2,579.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 3.21% or 2.16 to hit $69.47 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 2.76% or 1.95 to trade at $72.56 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.32% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 101.50.