Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 1.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Amadeus IT (MADRID:AMA), which rose 1.16% or 0.435 points to trade at 37.795 at the close. Bolsas y Mercados Espanoles (MADRID:BME) added 0.38% or 0.140 points to end at 37.150 and Jazztel (MADRID:JAZ) was up 0.04% or 0.005 points to 12.965 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Int.Airl.Grp (MADRID:ICAG), which lost 3.48% or 0.258 points to trade at 7.154 in late trade. Arcel. Mittal (MADRID:MTS) declined 2.81% or 0.290 points to end at 10.020 and Acciona (MADRID:ANA) shed 2.76% or 1.960 points to 69.150.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 163 to 35 and 4 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.84% or 10.00 to $1174.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 2.67% or 1.59 to hit $58.05 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.74% or 1.75 to trade at $62.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.1287, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.7343.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.09% at 95.26.