Spain stocks higher at close of trade; IBEX 35 up 0.11%
Investing.com
Published Oct 08, 2015 12:35PM ET
Spain stocks higher at close of trade; IBEX 35 up 0.11%
Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Building & Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.11% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Popular (MADRID:POP), which rose 4.03% or 0.147 points to trade at 3.808 at the close. Meanwhile, B. Sabadell (MADRID:SABE) added 3.74% or 0.070 points to end at 1.941 and Caixabank SA (MADRID:CABK) was up 2.61% or 0.099 points to 3.898 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek), which fell 4.69% or 0.042 points to trade at 0.853 at the close. Obrascon Huarte Lain (MADRID:OHL) declined 2.80% or 0.365 points to end at 12.685 and Telefonica (MADRID:TEF) was down 1.37% or 0.158 points to 11.332.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 134 to 85 and 2 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.50% or 5.70 to $1143.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 3.51% or 1.68 to hit $49.49 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 3.52% or 1.80 to trade at $53.13 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.40% to 1.1282, while EUR/GBP rose 0.37% to 0.7363.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 95.39.
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