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 declined 0.95%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acerinox (MC:ACX), which rose 0.68% or 0.075 points to trade at 11.120 at the close. Iberdrola (MC:IBE) added 0.63% or 0.044 points to end at 7.014 and Acciona (MC:ANA) was up 0.56% or 0.410 points to 73.270 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Santander (MC:SAN), which lost 2.50% or 0.141 points to trade at 5.501 in late trade. BBVA (MC:BBVA) declined 1.91% or 0.146 points to end at 7.519 and B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) shed 1.88% or 0.036 points to 1.876.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 103 to 56 and 24 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.63% or 8.08 to $1290.98 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.36% or 0.17 to hit $46.95 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.05% or 0.53 to trade at $50.80 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.20% to 1.1743, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.9119.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 93.53.