Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.74%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Viscofan (MC:VIS), which rose 4.78% or 2.480 points to trade at 54.400 at the close. Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) added 1.76% or 2.80 points to end at 162.00 and Ferrovial (MC:FER) was up 1.33% or 0.255 points to 19.360 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Popular (MC:POP), which lost 6.13% or 0.042 points to trade at 0.643 in late trade. Acerinox (MC:ACX) declined 4.23% or 0.570 points to end at 12.900 and Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) shed 3.30% or 0.243 points to 7.111.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 88 to 75 and 19 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.21% or 2.64 to $1266.84 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.73% or 0.86 to hit $48.76 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.68% or 0.88 to trade at $51.53 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.29% to 1.0872, while EUR/GBP fell 0.75% to 0.8425.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 99.04.