Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Madrid Financial Services & Real Estate, Madrid Technology and Telecommunications and Madrid Basic Materials Industry and Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 1.57% to hit a new 5-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Santander (BME:SAN), which rose 4.56% or 0.20 points to trade at 4.68 at the close. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (BME:BBVA) added 4.39% or 0.41 points to end at 9.65 and Banco de Sabadell SA (BME:SABE) was up 4.26% or 0.08 points to 1.92 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME:SLRS), which fell 2.60% or 0.24 points to trade at 8.81 in late trade. Aena SME SA (BME:AENA) declined 2.47% or 5.20 points to end at 205.20 and Puig Brands SA (BME:PUIGb) down 1.80% or 0.36 points to 19.68.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 128 to 71 and 21 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.74% or 19.69 to $2,656.51 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.15% or 0.10 to hit $68.44 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.10% or 0.07 to trade at $72.24 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.59% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.15% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 105.82.