Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 1.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Cie Automotive (MC:CIEA), which rose 1.28% or 0.340 points to trade at 26.800 at the close. Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) added 1.03% or 0.066 points to end at 6.448 and Acciona (MC:ANA) was up 0.39% or 0.300 points to 76.580 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which lost 4.15% or 0.093 points to trade at 2.147 in late trade. BBVA (MC:BBVA) declined 2.75% or 0.152 points to end at 5.381 and Telefonica (MC:TEF) shed 2.11% or 0.153 points to 7.107.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 113 to 50 and 28 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.59% or 7.20 to $1204.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.59% or 0.41 to hit $69.92 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.48% or 0.37 to trade at $77.83 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.44% to 1.1656, while EUR/GBP fell 0.31% to 0.8960.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 94.73.