Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Building & Construction, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 1.81% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acerinox (MADRID:ACX), which rose 0.19% or 0.020 points to trade at 10.325 at the close. Meanwhile, Indra A (MADRID:IDR) added 0.15% or 0.015 points to end at 10.145 and Arcel. Mittal (MADRID:MTS) was down 0.03% or 0.002 points to 7.667 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gamesa (MADRID:GAM), which fell 10.17% or 1.460 points to trade at 12.900 at the close. Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek) declined 5.20% or 0.040 points to end at 0.730 and ACS Const. (MADRID:ACS) was down 3.50% or 1.085 points to 29.900.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 181 to 21 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek) fell to all time lows; down 5.20% or 0.040 to 0.730. Shares in Arcel. Mittal (MADRID:MTS) fell to all time lows; down 0.03% or 0.002 to 7.667.
Gold for December delivery was up 2.09% or 23.60 to $1151.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.27% or 0.11 to hit $41.38 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.56% or 0.27 to trade at $46.90 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.74% to 1.1201, while EUR/GBP rose 0.74% to 0.7144.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.47% at 95.97.