Spain stocks higher at close of trade; IBEX 35 up 1.08%

Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Financial Services&Real Estate and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 1.08%.

The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Industria de Diseno Textil SA (BME:ITX), which rose 2.98% or 1.44 points to trade at 49.82 at the close. Meanwhile, Caixabank SA (BME:CABK) added 2.62% or 0.14 points to end at 5.47 and ArcelorMittal SA (BME:MTS) 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:ROVI), which fell 1.73% or 1.30 points to trade at 73.80 at the close. Enagas (BME:ENAG) declined 1.43% or 0.20 points to end at 13.77 and Fluidra (BME:FLUI) 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:ITX) 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.