Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Telecoms & IT and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek), which rose 8.11% or 0.089 points to trade at 1.186 at the close. Meanwhile, Obrascon Huarte Lain (MADRID:OHL) added 2.93% or 0.425 points to end at 14.935 and Indra A (MADRID:IDR) was up 2.34% or 0.250 points to 10.925 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Amadeus IT (MADRID:AMA), which fell 2.04% or 0.820 points to trade at 39.460 at the close. FCC (MADRID:FCC) declined 2.02% or 0.187 points to end at 9.060 and Mediaset ESP (MADRID:TL5) was down 1.73% or 0.200 points to 11.390.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 112 to 90 and 6 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.59% or 6.40 to $1092.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.95% or 0.88 to hit $44.27 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.24% or 0.61 to trade at $48.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.25% to 1.0932, while EUR/GBP rose 0.76% to 0.7043.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 97.85.