Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 1.00% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Viscofan (MC:VIS), which rose 1.56% or 0.950 points to trade at 62.000 at the close. Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL) added 0.37% or 0.035 points to end at 9.455 and Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) was up 0.25% or 0.03 points to 11.83 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Melia Hotels (MC:MEL), which lost 3.25% or 0.350 points to trade at 10.420 in late trade. Indra A (MC:IDR) declined 2.86% or 0.290 points to end at 9.840 and BBVA (MC:BBVA) shed 2.52% or 0.135 points to 5.228.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 137 to 35 and 20 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.18% or 2.20 to $1203.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.30% or 1.58 to hit $67.14 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.89% or 1.46 to trade at $75.81 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.14% to 1.1615, while EUR/GBP fell 0.36% to 0.8980.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 95.09.