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 rose 1.08%.
The best performers of the session on the were Industria de Diseno Textil SA (BME:), which rose 2.98% or 1.44 points to trade at 49.82 at the close. Meanwhile, Caixabank SA (BME:) added 2.62% or 0.14 points to end at 5.47 and ArcelorMittal SA (BME:) was up 2.36% or 0.47 points to 20.16 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI (BME:), which fell 1.73% or 1.30 points to trade at 73.80 at the close. Enagas (BME:) declined 1.43% or 0.20 points to end at 13.77 and Fluidra (BME:) was down 1.31% or 0.28 points to 21.08.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 125 to 58 and 34 ended unchanged.
Shares in Industria de Diseno Textil SA (BME:) rose to 5-year highs; rising 2.98% or 1.44 to 49.82.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.48% or 37.55 to $2,579.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 3.21% or 2.16 to hit $69.47 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 2.72% or 1.92 to trade at $72.53 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.32% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 101.50.
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