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 gained 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the were Bankinter (BME:), which rose 4.70% or 0.37 points to trade at 8.19 at the close. Meanwhile, Telefonica (BME:) added 2.87% or 0.12 points to end at 4.13 and Enagas (BME:) was up 2.83% or 0.38 points to 13.82 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fluidra (BME:), which fell 5.62% or 1.17 points to trade at 19.65 at the close. Amadeus IT (BME:) declined 1.61% or 1.00 points to end at 61.20 and Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI (BME:) was down 1.05% or 0.90 points to 85.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 101 to 97 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bankinter (BME:) rose to all time highs; rising 4.70% or 0.37 to 8.19.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.11% or 2.70 to $2,462.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.26% or 0.21 to hit $81.65 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.26% or 0.22 to trade at $85.30 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.23% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.01% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 103.72.
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