Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which rose 2.28% or 0.625 points to trade at 27.985 at the close. Abertis Infr (MC:ABE) added 0.75% or 0.140 points to end at 18.710 and Ferrovial (MC:FER) was up 0.70% or 0.130 points to 18.620 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grifols SA (MC:GRLS), which lost 4.23% or 1.140 points to trade at 25.805 in late trade. International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) declined 2.39% or 0.173 points to end at 7.077 and Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) shed 2.23% or 0.207 points to 9.079.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 108 to 67 and 20 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.09% or 1.16 to $1278.46 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.31% or 0.17 to hit $54.47 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.35% or 0.21 to trade at $60.70 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.35% to 1.1660, while EUR/GBP rose 1.86% to 0.8935.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 94.62.