Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Financial Services & Real Estate and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.65%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Gamesa (MC:GAM), which rose 0.49% or 0.100 points to trade at 20.600 at the close. Enagas (MC:ENAG) added 0.23% or 0.060 points to end at 26.380 and Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) was up 0.10% or 0.01 points to 10.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Popular (MC:POP), which lost 4.11% or 0.050 points to trade at 1.167 in late trade. Int.Airl.Grp (MC:ICAG) declined 2.46% or 0.116 points to end at 4.610 and Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) shed 1.59% or 0.310 points to 19.140.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 137 to 51 and 19 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.30% or 3.95 to $1325.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.58% or 0.27 to hit $47.04 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.75% or 0.37 to trade at $49.42 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.1277, while EUR/GBP rose 0.51% to 0.8556.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 94.75.