Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which rose 1.10% or 0.320 points to trade at 29.390 at the close. Acciona (MC:ANA) added 0.57% or 0.420 points to end at 74.620 and Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) was up 0.49% or 0.11 points to 22.36 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aena SME SA (MC:AENA), which lost 1.45% or 2.25 points to trade at 152.75 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) declined 1.23% or 0.320 points to end at 25.610 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) shed 0.83% or 0.017 points to 2.035.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 84 to 80 and 30 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.72% or 8.70 to $1194.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.28% or 0.19 to hit $67.67 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.12% or 0.09 to trade at $74.69 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.34% to 1.1555, while EUR/GBP rose 0.38% to 0.9016.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 95.46.