Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Inditex (MC:ITX), which rose 3.32% or 0.910 points to trade at 28.360 at the close. Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) added 2.44% or 0.55 points to end at 23.06 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) was up 0.90% or 0.028 points to 3.151 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Caixabank SA (MC:CABK), which lost 2.40% or 0.100 points to trade at 4.060 in late trade. Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL) declined 1.47% or 0.140 points to end at 9.415 and Acerinox (MC:ACX) shed 1.44% or 0.170 points to 11.630.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 110 to 70 and 22 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.12% or 14.40 to $1304.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.14% or 0.82 to hit $71.02 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.76% or 0.61 to trade at $79.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.30% to 1.1731, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.8764.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 93.68.