Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Building & Construction, Consumer Goods and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.86%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Mapfre (MC:MAP), which rose 1.90% or 0.051 points to trade at 2.732 at the close. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 0.30% or 0.085 points to end at 28.105 and Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) was up 0.21% or 0.35 points to 162.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM), which lost 4.22% or 0.480 points to trade at 10.880 in late trade. Acciona (MC:ANA) declined 3.74% or 2.580 points to end at 66.440 and ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) shed 3.36% or 0.845 points to 24.300.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 148 to 34 and 11 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.33% or 4.19 to $1287.89 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.63% or 0.36 to hit $57.17 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.58% or 0.37 to trade at $63.86 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.46% to 1.1648, while EUR/GBP rose 0.27% to 0.8864.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 94.37.