Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Inditex (MC:ITX), which rose 1.37% or 0.350 points to trade at 25.900 at the close. Meanwhile, Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) added 1.21% or 0.105 points to end at 8.780 and Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) was up 1.02% or 0.11 points to 10.88 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS), which fell 2.39% or 0.505 points to trade at 20.590 at the close. Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) declined 1.90% or 0.43 points to end at 22.22 and Banco Santander (MC:SAN) was down 1.63% or 0.068 points to 4.085.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 109 to 52 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.39% or 0.505 to 20.590.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.02% or 0.20 to $1227.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.37% or 0.75 to hit $53.88 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.26% or 0.80 to trade at $62.68 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.1404, while EUR/GBP fell 0.63% to 0.8853.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 96.390.