Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Consumer Goods and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Enagas (MADRID:ENAG), which rose 2.89% or 0.685 points to trade at 24.360 at the close. Red Electrica Corp. (MADRID:REE) added 1.63% or 1.140 points to end at 71.060 and Gas Natural (MADRID:GAS) was up 1.42% or 0.280 points to 20.040 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Int.Airl.Grp (MADRID:ICAG), which lost 2.89% or 0.205 points to trade at 6.880 in late trade. Obrascon Huarte Lain (MADRID:OHL) declined 2.74% or 0.440 points to end at 15.640 and Indra A (MADRID:IDR) shed 2.46% or 0.228 points to 9.040.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 130 to 77 and 7 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.46% or 5.40 to $1163.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.90% or 0.51 to hit $57.47 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.78% or 0.48 to trade at $62.49 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.35% to 1.1092, while EUR/GBP rose 0.37% to 0.7104.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.25% at 96.23.