Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the added 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the were Bankinter (BME:), which rose 2.56% or 0.19 points to trade at 7.78 at the close. Meanwhile, Caixabank SA (BME:) added 2.56% or 0.13 points to end at 5.13 and Grifols SA (BME:) was up 2.49% or 0.21 points to 8.63 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Iberdrola (BME:), which fell 3.62% or 0.44 points to trade at 11.84 at the close. Repsol (BME:) declined 1.94% or 0.29 points to end at 14.63 and Aena SME SA (BME:) was down 0.10% or 0.20 points to 191.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 146 to 58 and 24 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.14% or 3.30 to $2,366.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $83.87 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.13% or 0.11 to trade at $87.45 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.24% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.08% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 104.81.
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