Spain stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Financial Services&Real Estate and Telecoms&IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.72%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which rose 3.75% or 0.025 points to trade at 0.692 at the close. Meanwhile, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:SGREN) added 3.25% or 0.318 points to end at 10.110 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) was up 3.11% or 0.212 points to 7.032 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which fell 2.61% or 0.620 points to trade at 23.130 at the close. Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) declined 2.32% or 0.51 points to end at 21.50 and Repsol (MC:REP) was down 2.13% or 0.337 points to 15.488.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 97 to 72 and 12 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.82% or 22.10 to $1234.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.91% or 1.90 to hit $63.41 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 3.52% or 2.66 to trade at $72.81 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.72% to 1.1393, while EUR/GBP fell 1.05% to 0.8785.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.70% at 96.22.
