Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 1.26% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acciona (MC:ANA), which rose 1.89% or 1.240 points to trade at 66.770 at the close. Obrascon Huarte Lain (MC:OHL) added 0.76% or 0.038 points to end at 5.042 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) was up 0.51% or 0.125 points to 24.760 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bankia (MC:BKIA), which lost 3.77% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.766 in late trade. Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) declined 2.97% or 0.074 points to end at 2.416 and BBVA (MC:BBVA) shed 2.63% or 0.144 points to 5.324.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 150 to 53 and 20 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 1.36% or 16.70 to $1240.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 2.62% or 0.99 to hit $36.76 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 2.51% or 1.00 to trade at $38.84 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.16% to 1.1383, while EUR/GBP rose 0.16% to 0.8085.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.04% at 94.45.