Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (MC:IDR), which rose 1.46% or 0.150 points to trade at 10.440 at the close. Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) added 0.83% or 0.09 points to end at 10.29 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) was up 0.82% or 0.038 points to 4.649 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which lost 1.98% or 0.142 points to trade at 7.048 in late trade. Gamesa (MC:GAM) declined 1.23% or 0.235 points to end at 18.935 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) shed 1.01% or 0.053 points to 5.173.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 84 to 77 and 24 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 1.37% or 15.65 to $1156.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.67% or 0.36 to hit $53.70 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.35% or 0.20 to trade at $56.76 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.62% to 1.0480, while EUR/GBP rose 0.56% to 0.8570.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.47% at 102.75.