Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Telecoms & IT and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Ferrovial (MC:FER), which rose 1.37% or 0.260 points to trade at 19.270 at the close. Banco Santander (MC:SAN) added 1.14% or 0.064 points to end at 5.658 and Repsol (MC:REP) was up 1.07% or 0.160 points to 15.170 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gas Natural (MC:GAS), which lost 3.15% or 0.630 points to trade at 19.355 in late trade. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM) declined 3.02% or 0.360 points to end at 11.565 and Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) shed 2.46% or 0.460 points to 18.250.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 108 to 66 and 19 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.13% or 1.74 to $1329.74 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.60% or 0.79 to hit $50.09 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.83% or 0.46 to trade at $55.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1879, while EUR/GBP fell 1.41% to 0.8870.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 92.32.