Spain stocks higher at close of trade; IBEX 35 up 0.86%

Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Financial Services & Real Estate and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.86%.

The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Caixabank SA (BME:CABK), which rose 3.76% or 0.20 points to trade at 5.63 at the close. Meanwhile, Bankinter (BME:BKT) added 3.67% or 0.29 points to end at 8.08 and Fluidra (BME:FLUI) was up 3.06% or 0.72 points to 24.26 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Grifols SA (BME:GRLS), which fell 3.29% or 0.31 points to trade at 9.11 at the close. Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI (BME:ROVI) declined 2.95% or 1.90 points to end at 62.55 and Acerinox (BME:ACX) was down 1.38% or 0.14 points to 9.63.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 109 to 82 and 26 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.46% or 12.31 to $2,684.71 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.16% or 0.85 to hit $74.17 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.26% or 0.96 to trade at $77.12 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.17% to 1.03, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.25% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 109.00.