Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Naturgy Energy Group SA (BME:NTGY), which rose 2.15% or 0.48 points to trade at 22.80 at the close. Acciona (BME:ANA) added 1.50% or 1.70 points to end at 115.00 and Iberdrola (BME:IBE) was up 1.46% or 0.18 points to 12.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Puig Brands SA (BME:PUIGb), which lost 3.66% or 0.96 points to trade at 25.30 in late trade. Banco Santander (BME:SAN) declined 3.21% or 0.15 points to end at 4.55 and Logista (BME:LOG) shed 2.40% or 0.66 points to 26.88.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 123 to 75 and 20 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 2.37% or 57.30 to $2,358.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.77% or 0.60 to hit $78.19 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.35% or 0.29 to trade at $82.00 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.17% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.37% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 104.04.