Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Telecoms & IT and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Grifols SA (BME:GRLS), which rose 8.85% or 0.78 points to trade at 9.62 at the close. Meanwhile, Puig Brands SA (BME:PUIGb) added 1.79% or 0.34 points to end at 19.31 and Aena SME SA (BME:AENA) was up 1.72% or 3.40 points to 201.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Industria de Diseno Textil SA (BME:ITX), which fell 2.54% or 1.30 points to trade at 49.82 at the close. Redeia Corporacion SA (BME:REDE) declined 1.78% or 0.30 points to end at 16.59 and Endesa SA (BME:ELE) was down 1.67% or 0.35 points to 20.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 104 to 97 and 17 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 1.77% or 48.74 to $2,707.96 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.16% or 0.11 to hit $70.18 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.11% or 0.08 to trade at $73.44 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.18% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.44% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 106.27.