Investing.com – Spanish shares were higher after Thursday’s close as gains in the , and sectors lifted stocks.
At the close in Madrid, shares gained 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the exchange were International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (BME:), which rose 2.39% or 0.07 points to close at 3.13. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (BME:) added 2.12% or 0.49 points to end at 23.64 and Banco de Sabadell SA (BME:) rose 1.59% or 0.03 points to 1.79 in the late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grifols SA (BME:), which fell 11.44% or 1.11 points to trade at 8.58 at the close. Corporacion Acciona Energias Renovables SA (BME:) fell 0.39% or 0.08 points to end at 20.38 and Industria de Diseno Textil SA (BME:) fell 0.27% or 0.14 points to 51, 70.
Rising shares outnumbered falling shares on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 135 to 54, with 23 ending unchanged.
Shares in International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (BME:) rose to a three-year high; increase by 2.39% or 0.07 to 3.13.
February gold futures rose 0.03%, or 0.81, to $2,665.61 per troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude oil for January delivery rose 0.20% or 0.14 to $68.86 per barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.22% or 0.16 to $72.46 per barrel. barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP was unchanged 0.18% to 0.83.
US Dollar Index Futures rose 0.10% to 106.15.
