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 0.94%.
The best performers of the session on the were Grifols SA (BME:), which rose 4.12% or 0.36 points to trade at 9.05 at the close. Meanwhile, ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (BME:) added 2.64% or 1.04 points to end at 40.40 and Merlin Properties SA (BME:) was up 2.09% or 0.22 points to 10.74 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Acerinox (BME:), which fell 0.30% or 0.03 points to trade at 9.92 at the close. Banco Santander (BME:) declined 0.24% or 0.01 points to end at 4.44 and Aena SME SA (BME:) was down 0.05% or 0.10 points to 185.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 146 to 52 and 18 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.84% or 19.75 to $2,366.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.25% or 0.20 to hit $80.91 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.34% or 0.29 to trade at $85.36 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.34% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.11% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 105.26.
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