Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Grifols SA (MC:GRLS), which rose 2.01% or 0.460 points to trade at 23.330 at the close. Meanwhile, Viscofan (MC:VIS) added 1.27% or 0.700 points to end at 56.000 and Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) was up 1.07% or 0.13 points to 12.24 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Indra A (MC:IDR), which fell 2.45% or 0.290 points to trade at 11.550 at the close. Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) declined 1.71% or 0.39 points to end at 22.47 and Acerinox (MC:ACX) was down 1.06% or 0.130 points to 12.100.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 97 to 85 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) rose to all time highs; up 1.07% or 0.13 to 12.24.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.59% or 7.80 to $1317.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.51% or 0.31 to hit $61.27 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.46% or 0.30 to trade at $65.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.39% to 1.2319, while EUR/GBP fell 0.30% to 0.8831.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 90.03.