Spain's main stock index closed in positive territory on Thursday after three straight sessions in the red, as corporate results pushed up U.S. markets amid concerns that the Federal Reserve will keep raising interest rates for longer.

Strong results from microprocessor giant Nvidia and a strong sales forecast pushed the sector higher on Wall Street, offsetting concerns over a downbeat jobless claims report and a revision of U.S. inflation to 2.7%.

In the eurozone, Eurostat said Thursday that inflation in January was slightly higher than the previous estimate, confirming that price growth is now well past its peak.

Spain's selective Ibex-35 stock market closed up 58.90 points on Thursday, or 0.64%, at 9,231.60 points, while the FTSE Eurofirst 300 index of large European stocks rose 0.03%.

In the banking sector, Santander rose 1.53%, BBVA scored 1.24%, Caixabank advanced 0.54%, Sabadell gained 1.30%, Bankinter appreciated 0.25% and Unicaja Banco rose 2.27%.

Among the large non-financial stocks, Inditex advanced 0.07%, Iberdrola dropped 0.50%, and the oil company Repsol improved 1.29%.

Among the other electric utilities, Naturgy gained 0.15%, while Endesa dropped 0.72%.

Telefónica gained 1.52% after publishing its 2022 results, when it saw its profit fall 75% compared to 2021, driven by strong capital gains from operations.

The figure for the last fiscal year nevertheless exceeded market expectations (2.01 billion euros versus 1.95 billion euros).

Cellnex fell 2.78%, after American Tower's CFO ruled out the possibility of the US tower group taking over its Spanish competitor.

Outside the Ibex-35, the travel booking company eDreams ODIGEO climbed 3.52%, after reporting that its net loss narrowed to 10.1 million euros in the October-December period.

(Reporting by Benjamín Mejías Valencia; edited by Carlos Serrano)