Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Enagas (MC:ENAG), which rose 1.34% or 0.310 points to trade at 23.425 at the close. Endesa (MC:ELE) added 0.88% or 0.175 points to end at 19.970 and Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) was up 0.88% or 0.150 points to 17.250 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which lost 1.82% or 0.092 points to trade at 4.971 in late trade. BBVA (MC:BBVA) declined 1.65% or 0.106 points to end at 6.314 and Banco Popular (MC:POP) shed 1.53% or 0.013 points to 0.837.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 99 to 70 and 16 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.51% or 6.25 to $1239.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.23% or 0.12 to hit $53.23 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.22% or 0.12 to trade at $55.63 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.54% to 1.0656, while EUR/GBP rose 0.51% to 0.8549.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 100.61.