Spain stocks higher at close of trade; IBEX 35 up 0.62%

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

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.62% to hit a new all time high.

The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Cellnex Telecom SA (BME:CLNX), which rose 3.48% or 0.90 points to trade at 26.77 at the close. Meanwhile, Corporacion Acciona Energias Renovables SA (BME:ANE) added 2.98% or 0.60 points to end at 20.74 and Telefonica (BME:TEF) was up 2.30% or 0.08 points to 3.70 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Amadeus IT (BME:AMA), which fell 1.88% or 1.08 points to trade at 56.48 at the close. Acerinox (BME:ACX) declined 1.62% or 0.30 points to end at 18.18 and Ferrovial (BME:FER) was down 1.18% or 0.68 points to 57.10.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 109 to 81 and 19 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.14% or 5.95 to $4,299.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 3.32% or 2.50 to hit $77.72 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 3.84% or 3.05 to trade at $82.50 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.29% to 1.15, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.27% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 99.85.