Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acciona (MC:ANA), which rose 5.92% or 4.200 points to trade at 75.210 at the close. Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) added 2.07% or 0.29 points to end at 14.54 and Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) was up 1.75% or 0.215 points to 12.535 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which lost 2.21% or 0.193 points to trade at 8.539 in late trade. Indra A (MC:IDR) declined 2.18% or 0.265 points to end at 11.905 and Bankinter (MC:BKT) shed 2.09% or 0.156 points to 7.304.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 91 to 75 and 20 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.40% or 17.50 to $1232.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.95% or 1.05 to hit $52.78 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.92% or 1.08 to trade at $55.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.36% to 1.0509, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8569.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 102.16.