Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT, Building & Construction and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.70%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acerinox (MC:ACX), which rose 0.67% or 0.070 points to trade at 10.525 at the close. Abertis Infr (MC:ABE) added 0.55% or 0.075 points to end at 13.625 and Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) was up 0.45% or 0.55 points to 121.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5), which lost 3.27% or 0.390 points to trade at 11.555 in late trade. Sacyr (MC:SCYR) declined 2.93% or 0.053 points to end at 1.755 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) shed 2.87% or 0.815 points to 27.600.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 150 to 52 and 16 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.92% or 11.65 to $1273.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.25% or 0.64 to hit $50.59 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.01% or 0.53 to trade at $51.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.68% to 1.1318, while EUR/GBP fell 0.39% to 0.7823.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.46% at 94.02.