Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.71%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Abertis Infr (MC:ABE), which rose 0.43% or 0.080 points to trade at 18.580 at the close. Meanwhile, Acerinox (MC:ACX) added 0.34% or 0.040 points to end at 11.960 and Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) was up 0.32% or 0.55 points to 170.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which fell 2.13% or 0.575 points to trade at 26.365 at the close. Endesa (MC:ELE) declined 2.13% or 0.390 points to end at 17.895 and Inditex (MC:ITX) was down 1.39% or 0.410 points to 29.170.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 112 to 76 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Endesa (MC:ELE) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.13% or 0.390 to 17.895. Shares in Inditex (MC:ITX) fell to 52-week lows; down 1.39% or 0.410 to 29.170.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.39% or 5.10 to $1296.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $59.64 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.17% or 0.11 to trade at $65.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.47% to 1.1952, while EUR/GBP rose 0.10% to 0.8886.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 92.31.