Spain stocks higher at close of trade; IBEX 35 up 1.36%

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

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 1.36% to hit a new 5-year high.

The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were ArcelorMittal SA (BME:MTS ), which rose 4.95% or 1.10 points to trade at 23.32 at the close. Meanwhile, Grifols SA (BME:GRLS ) added 4.51% or 0.42 points to end at 9.83 and Puig Brands SA (BME:PUIGb ) was up 4.03% or 0.79 points to 20.40 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Repsol (BME:REP ), which fell 0.94% or 0.11 points to trade at 11.60 at the close. Telefonica (BME:TEF ) declined 0.34% or 0.02 points to end at 4.42 and Redeia Corporacion SA (BME:REDE ) was down 0.34% or 0.06 points to 17.37.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 142 to 43 and 28 ended unchanged.

Shares in Repsol (BME:REP ) fell to 52-week lows; down 0.94% or 0.11 to 11.60.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.12% or 3.20 to $2,687.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.22% or 1.55 to hit $68.14 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.96% or 1.43 to trade at $71.47 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.36% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.29% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 100.33.

Source: Investing.com