Spain stocks higher at close of trade; IBEX 35 up 0.33%

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

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.33%.

The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Sacyr SA (BME: SCYR ), which rose 1.96% or 0.06 points to trade at 3.12 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco de Sabadell SA (BME: SABE ) added 1.64% or 0.03 points to end at 1.86 and Ferrovial (BME: FER ) was up 1.20% or 0.48 points to 40.54 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Fluidra (BME: FLUI ), which fell 0.92% or 0.22 points to trade at 23.72 at the close. SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME: SLRS ) declined 0.37% or 0.03 points to end at 8.01 and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (BME: BBVA ) was down 0.32% or 0.03 points to 9.27.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 0 to 0.

Shares in SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME: SLRS ) fell to 3-years lows; falling 0.37% or 0.03 to 8.01.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.49% or 12.81 to $2,648.31 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.17% or 0.12 to hit $69.98 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.15% or 0.11 to trade at $73.06 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.14% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.43% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 107.89.