Investing.com – Spanish shares were higher after Thursday’s close as gains in the , and sectors lifted stocks.
At the close in Madrid, the price rose by 0.80%, reaching a new five-year high.
The best artists of the session on the were Caixabank SA (BME:), which rose 3.87% or 0.19 points to trade at 5.21 at the close. In the meantime, Bank inter (BME:) added 2.94% or 0.22 points to end at 7.83 and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (BME:) rose 2.60% or 0.25 points to 9.80 in late trading .
The session’s worst performers were SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME:), which fell 2.97% or 0.36 points to trade at 11.77 at the close. Corporacion Acciona Energias Renovables SA (BME:) fell 1.99% or 0.44 points to end at 21.62 and Grifols SA (BME:) fell 1.70% or 0.16 points to 9.36.
Rising shares outnumbered falling shares on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 107 to 93, with 25 ending unchanged.
Gold futures for August rose 0.70% or 16.55 to $2,392.05 per troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude oil for July delivery rose 2.12% or 1.57 to $75.64 per barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.95% or 1.53 to $79.94 per barrel. barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.13% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP was unchanged 0.21% to 0.85.
US Dollar Index Futures fell 0.01% to 104.21.
