Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Consumer Services and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Cie Automotive (MC:CIEA), which rose 2.32% or 0.520 points to trade at 22.980 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) added 2.03% or 0.400 points to end at 20.100 and Repsol (MC:REP) was up 2.02% or 0.300 points to 15.140 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which lost 9.24% or 0.072 points to trade at 0.704 in late trade. Naturgy Energy Group SA (MC:NTGY) declined 1.81% or 0.400 points to end at 21.690 and Endesa (MC:ELE) shed 1.63% or 0.325 points to 19.645.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 99 to 71 and 20 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.06% or 0.70 to $1230.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 3.06% or 1.54 to hit $51.83 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 2.12% or 1.25 to trade at $60.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.05% to 1.1372, while EUR/GBP rose 0.46% to 0.8904.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 96.815.