Spain stocks higher at close of trade; IBEX 35 up 0.41%

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

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.41% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI (BME:ROVI), which rose 8.47% or 5.40 points to trade at 69.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (BME:BBVA) added 2.05% or 0.46 points to end at 22.90 and Bankinter (BME:BKT) was up 1.78% or 0.26 points to 14.58 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Merlin Properties SA (BME:MRL), which fell 3.93% or 0.46 points to trade at 11.25 at the close. Indra A (BME:IDR) declined 3.77% or 2.26 points to end at 57.62 and ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (BME:ACS) was down 3.03% or 2.65 points to 84.95.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 101 to 90 and 22 ended unchanged.

Shares in Merlin Properties SA (BME:MRL) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.93% or 0.46 to 11.25.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.47% or 60.07 to $4,133.07 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 2.28% or 2.01 to hit $90.13 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 2.22% or 2.10 to trade at $96.72 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.07% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 101.31.