Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 1.05% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acerinox (MC:ACX), which rose 1.01% or 0.115 points to trade at 11.520 at the close. Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL) added 0.66% or 0.060 points to end at 9.090 and Amadeus IT (MC:AMA) was up 0.65% or 0.440 points to 67.900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included B. Sabadell (MC:SABE), which lost 3.49% or 0.052 points to trade at 1.438 in late trade. Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) declined 2.71% or 0.081 points to end at 2.911 and Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) shed 2.55% or 0.095 points to 3.640.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 122 to 61 and 18 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.02% or 0.20 to $1301.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.52% or 1.04 to hit $67.17 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.49% or 0.38 to trade at $78.10 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.02% to 1.1665, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.8778.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 94.09.