Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Building & Construction, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Bankia SA (MC:BKIA), which rose 1.77% or 0.080 points to trade at 4.595 at the close. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 1.66% or 0.560 points to end at 34.385 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) was up 0.97% or 0.067 points to 6.998 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ferrovial (MC:FER), which lost 4.07% or 0.795 points to trade at 18.750 in late trade. Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) declined 3.45% or 0.370 points to end at 10.365 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) shed 2.80% or 0.151 points to 5.236.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 112 to 56 and 19 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.12% or 1.52 to $1223.22 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 2.37% or 1.07 to hit $46.20 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 2.07% or 0.99 to trade at $48.78 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.54% to 1.1412, while EUR/GBP rose 0.40% to 0.8812.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 95.64.