Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Financial Services & Real Estate and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.74%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX), which rose 1.73% or 0.35 points to trade at 20.55 at the close. ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (MC:ACS) added 1.20% or 0.395 points to end at 33.450 and ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) was up 0.96% or 0.235 points to 24.660 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Melia Hotels (MC:MEL), which lost 2.87% or 0.350 points to trade at 11.850 in late trade. Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL) declined 2.36% or 0.189 points to end at 7.830 and B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) shed 1.68% or 0.028 points to 1.642.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 124 to 42 and 24 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.48% or 6.11 to $1289.11 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.27% or 0.66 to hit $51.38 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.58% or 0.92 to trade at $57.23 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.41% to 1.1835, while EUR/GBP rose 0.68% to 0.8987.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 93.07.