Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Building & Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.95%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acerinox (MC:ACX), which rose 0.68% or 0.075 points to trade at 11.120 at the close. Meanwhile, Iberdrola (MC:IBE) added 0.63% or 0.044 points to end at 7.014 and Acciona (MC:ANA) was up 0.56% or 0.410 points to 73.270 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Santander (MC:SAN), which fell 2.50% or 0.141 points to trade at 5.501 at the close. BBVA (MC:BBVA) declined 1.91% or 0.146 points to end at 7.519 and B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) was down 1.88% or 0.036 points to 1.876.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 103 to 56 and 24 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.62% or 7.90 to $1290.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.36% or 0.17 to hit $46.95 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.05% or 0.53 to trade at $50.80 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.20% to 1.1743, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.9118.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 93.53.