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

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 1.20%.

The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Grifols SA (BME: GRLS ), which rose 3.92% or 0.43 points to trade at 11.28 at the close. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (BME: MTS ) added 3.80% or 0.86 points to end at 23.48 and Corporacion Acciona Energias Renovables SA (BME: ANE ) was up 3.43% or 0.63 points to 19.01 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Fluidra (BME: FLUI ), which fell 1.07% or 0.26 points to trade at 24.10 at the close. Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI (BME: ROVI ) declined 0.46% or 0.30 points to end at 65.10 and Logista (BME: LOG ) was down 0.27% or 0.08 points to 29.28.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 132 to 59 and 24 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.26% or 6.70 to $2,579.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.22% or 0.15 to hit $68.58 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.25% or 0.18 to trade at $72.46 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.03% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.01% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 106.50.