Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Caixabank SA (MC:CABK), which rose 1.21% or 0.051 points to trade at 4.250 at the close. Banco Santander (MC:SAN) added 1.15% or 0.065 points to end at 5.720 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) was up 1.14% or 0.059 points to 5.224 in late trade.
Biggest losers included International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG), which lost 5.20% or 0.364 points to trade at 6.642 in late trade. Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) declined 2.50% or 4.30 points to end at 167.65 and ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) shed 2.17% or 0.490 points to 22.070.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 108 to 65 and 17 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.32% or 3.95 to $1245.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.34% or 0.16 to hit $47.16 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.20% or 0.10 to trade at $49.60 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.02% to 1.1632, while EUR/GBP rose 1.47% to 0.8971.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.62% at 94.05.