Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Building & Construction and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 2.41% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Caixabank SA (MC:CABK), which rose 1.30% or 0.046 points to trade at 3.576 at the close. B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) added 1.03% or 0.018 points to end at 1.765 and Acciona (MC:ANA) was up 0.14% or 0.110 points to 79.060 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ACS Const. (MC:ACS), which lost 4.47% or 1.375 points to trade at 29.365 in late trade. Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) declined 4.43% or 0.265 points to end at 5.719 and Obrascon Huarte Lain (MC:OHL) shed 3.67% or 0.231 points to 6.067.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 171 to 45 and 8 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.46% or 4.90 to $1058.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.43% or 0.97 to hit $40.91 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 3.12% or 1.32 to trade at $43.81 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 2.95% to 1.0926, while EUR/GBP rose 1.89% to 0.7234.
The US Dollar Index was down 2.02% at 98.02.