Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 2.25%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Endesa (MC:ELE), which rose 0.31% or 0.062 points to trade at 20.152 at the close. Meanwhile, Gamesa (MC:GAM) fell 0.03% or 0.005 points to end at 15.035 and Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) was down 0.05% or 0.05 points to 100.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Repsol (MC:REP), which fell 7.18% or 0.870 points to trade at 11.240 at the close. Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) declined 6.21% or 0.306 points to end at 4.620 and Abengoa B (MC:ABGek) was down 6.00% or 0.062 points to 0.972.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 192 to 26 and 7 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.44% or 4.80 to $1080.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.77% or 1.19 to hit $41.74 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.53% or 1.18 to trade at $45.43 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.49% to 1.0796, while EUR/GBP rose 0.45% to 0.7093.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.34% at 98.72.