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Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (BME:IDR), which rose 1.42% or 0.50 points to trade at 35.70 at the close. SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME:SLRS) added 1.21% or 0.11 points to end at 8.86 and Banco de Sabadell SA (BME:SABE) was up 1.18% or 0.03 points to 2.84 in late trade.
Biggest losers included International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (BME:ICAG), which lost 3.59% or 0.14 points to trade at 3.86 in late trade. Amadeus IT (BME:AMA) declined 3.00% or 2.22 points to end at 71.80 and Acerinox (BME:ACX) shed 2.41% or 0.26 points to 10.51.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 109 to 78 and 20 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.92% or 64.32 to $3,408.02 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $68.15 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.29% or 0.20 to trade at $69.57 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.76% to 1.16, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.48% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.66% at 97.95.