Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM), which rose 1.14% or 0.145 points to trade at 12.830 at the close. Indra A (MC:IDR) added 1.04% or 0.120 points to end at 11.690 and Acerinox (MC:ACX) was up 0.92% or 0.110 points to 12.080 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE), which lost 3.02% or 0.550 points to trade at 17.670 in late trade. Enagas (MC:ENAG) declined 2.23% or 0.540 points to end at 23.700 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) shed 1.57% or 0.430 points to 26.960.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 99 to 82 and 13 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.58% or 7.80 to $1331.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.09% or 0.06 to hit $64.03 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.06% or 0.04 to trade at $69.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.57% to 1.2255, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.8813.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.49% at 90.21.