Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Madrid Consumer Goods, Madrid Consumer Services and Madrid Basic Materials Industry and Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 1.09% to hit a new 5-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (BME:COL), which rose 3.40% or 0.18 points to trade at 5.47 at the close. Merlin Properties SA (BME:MRL) added 3.22% or 0.34 points to end at 10.89 and Puig Brands SA (BME:PUIGb) was up 2.52% or 0.47 points to 19.11 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grifols SA (BME:GRLS), which fell 1.55% or 0.13 points to trade at 8.40 in late trade. Caixabank SA (BME:CABK) declined 1.32% or 0.08 points to end at 5.84 and Unicaja Banco SA (BME:UNI) down 1.00% or 0.01 points to 1.39.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 125 to 70 and 21 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.64% or 45.69 to $2,839.19 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.23% or 0.17 to hit $72.79 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.36% or 0.27 to trade at $75.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.05% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.02% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 107.77.