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 lost 1.81% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acerinox (MADRID:ACX), which rose 0.19% or 0.020 points to trade at 10.325 at the close. Indra A (MADRID:IDR) added 0.15% or 0.015 points to end at 10.145 and Arcel. Mittal (MADRID:MTS) was down 0.03% or 0.002 points to 7.667 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gamesa (MADRID:GAM), which lost 10.17% or 1.460 points to trade at 12.900 in late trade. Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek) declined 5.20% or 0.040 points to end at 0.730 and ACS Const. (MADRID:ACS) shed 3.50% or 1.085 points to 29.900.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 181 to 21 and 9 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 2.09% or 23.60 to $1151.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.27% or 0.11 to hit $41.38 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.52% or 0.24 to trade at $46.91 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.75% to 1.1202, while EUR/GBP rose 0.74% to 0.7144.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.47% at 95.97.