Spain stocks higher at close of trade; IBEX 35 up 0.53%

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

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.53%.

The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Corporacion Acciona Energias Renovables SA (BME:ANE ), which rose 4.43% or 0.92 points to trade at 21.70 at the close. Meanwhile, SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME:SLRS ) added 3.99% or 0.45 points to end at 11.72 and Acciona (BME:ANA ) was up 2.16% or 2.70 points to 127.70 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Grifols SA (BME:GRLS ), which fell 2.52% or 0.25 points to trade at 9.52 at the close. Industria de Diseno Textil SA (BME:ITX ) declined 1.96% or 0.94 points to end at 46.93 and Logista (BME:LOG ) was down 0.22% or 0.06 points to 27.84.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 117 to 67 and 35 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.50% or 12.55 to $2,538.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.35% or 0.24 to hit $69.44 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.26% or 0.19 to trade at $72.89 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.17% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.01% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 101.11.

Source: Investing.com