Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acciona (MC:ANA), which rose 2.06% or 1.540 points to trade at 76.340 at the close. Telefonica (MC:TEF) added 1.66% or 0.123 points to end at 7.529 and Enagas (MC:ENAG) was up 1.25% or 0.300 points to 24.330 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Amadeus IT (MC:AMA), which lost 5.05% or 3.100 points to trade at 58.340 in late trade. International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) declined 3.32% or 0.222 points to end at 6.462 and Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) shed 2.89% or 0.240 points to 8.070.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 91 to 84 and 15 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.65% or 8.30 to $1292.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.77% or 0.36 to hit $46.90 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.11% or 0.61 to trade at $55.52 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.54% to 1.1403, while EUR/GBP rose 0.29% to 0.9019.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.62% at 95.828.