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 lost 0.90% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX), which rose 0.89% or 0.14 points to trade at 15.25 at the close. Viscofan (MC:VIS) added 0.85% or 0.400 points to end at 47.240 and Enagas (MC:ENAG) was up 0.57% or 0.145 points to 25.665 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Popular (MC:POP), which lost 6.56% or 0.072 points to trade at 1.025 in late trade. Bankia (MC:BKIA) declined 4.34% or 0.033 points to end at 0.728 and B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) shed 2.97% or 0.034 points to 1.111.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 133 to 65 and 15 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.36% or 4.55 to $1258.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.28% or 0.14 to hit $50.32 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.17% or 0.09 to trade at $51.90 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.27% to 1.1040, while EUR/GBP rose 0.06% to 0.9030.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.36% at 97.64.