Spain stocks higher at close of trade; IBEX 35 up 0.50%

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

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.50% to hit a new 5-year high.

The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (BME:IDR), which rose 4.54% or 1.34 points to trade at 30.88 at the close. Meanwhile, Mapfre (BME:MAP) added 2.66% or 0.09 points to end at 3.47 and Cellnex Telecom SA (BME:CLNX) was up 2.57% or 0.83 points to 33.14 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Unicaja Banco SA (BME:UNI), which fell 1.71% or 0.03 points to trade at 1.90 at the close. Banco de Sabadell SA (BME:SABE) declined 1.10% or 0.03 points to end at 2.71 and Repsol (BME:REP) was down 1.06% or 0.13 points to 11.63.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 130 to 67 and 19 ended unchanged.

Shares in Indra A (BME:IDR) rose to all time highs; rising 4.54% or 1.34 to 30.88. Shares in Mapfre (BME:MAP) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 2.66% or 0.09 to 3.47.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.00% or 31.81 to $3,220.11 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.38% or 1.50 to hit $61.65 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.35% or 1.55 to trade at $64.54 a barrel.

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EUR/USD was unchanged 0.09% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.14% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 100.72.

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