Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Building & Construction and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which rose 2.67% or 0.018 points to trade at 0.708 at the close. Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) added 1.96% or 0.44 points to end at 22.94 and Repsol (MC:REP) was up 1.23% or 0.190 points to 15.695 in late trade.
Biggest losers included International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG), which lost 4.69% or 0.350 points to trade at 7.116 in late trade. B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) declined 3.07% or 0.037 points to end at 1.167 and ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (MC:ACS) shed 2.34% or 0.810 points to 33.780.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 111 to 55 and 23 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.18% or 14.10 to $1213.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.73% or 0.41 to hit $56.66 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.09% or 0.72 to trade at $66.84 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.1324, while EUR/GBP rose 1.82% to 0.8862.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 96.96.