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

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Spain stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum&Plastic, Telecoms&IT and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.41%.The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Repsol (MC:REP), which rose 4.68% or 0.505 points to trade at 11.305 at the close. Meanwhile, Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) added 4.61% or 0.510 points to end at 11.580 and Sacyr (MC:SCYR) was up 3.65% or 0.062 points to 1.762 in late trade.The worst performers of the session were Obrascon Huarte Lain (MC:OHL), which fell 2.09% or 0.123 points to trade at 5.757 at the close. Bankia (MC:BKIA) declined 1.68% or 0.013 points to end at 0.763 and Banco Popular (MC:POP) was down 1.51% or 0.032 points to 2.092.Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 106 to 81 and 21 ended unchanged.Gold for June delivery was up 0.22% or 2.85 to $1277.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.17% or 0.95 to hit $44.73 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.55% or 0.69 to trade at $45.31 a barrel.EUR/USD was down 0.71% to 1.1404, while EUR/GBP fell 0.62% to 0.7875.The US Dollar Index was up 0.51% at 93.75.