Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which rose 2.28% or 0.625 points to trade at 27.985 at the close. Meanwhile, Abertis Infr (MC:ABE) added 0.75% or 0.140 points to end at 18.710 and Ferrovial (MC:FER) was up 0.70% or 0.130 points to 18.620 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grifols SA (MC:GRLS), which fell 4.23% or 1.140 points to trade at 25.805 at the close. International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) declined 2.39% or 0.173 points to end at 7.077 and Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) was down 2.23% or 0.207 points to 9.079.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 108 to 67 and 20 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.09% or 1.20 to $1278.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.31% or 0.17 to hit $54.47 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.35% or 0.21 to trade at $60.70 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.35% to 1.1660, while EUR/GBP rose 1.86% to 0.8935.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 94.62.