Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.72% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI (BME:ROVI), which rose 1.81% or 1.55 points to trade at 86.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco de Sabadell SA (BME:SABE) added 0.99% or 0.02 points to end at 1.79 and Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (BME:COL) was up 0.55% or 0.03 points to 5.44 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grifols SA (BME:GRLS), which fell 12.22% or 1.11 points to trade at 7.97 at the close. Endesa SA (BME:ELE) declined 6.39% or 1.22 points to end at 17.80 and Redeia Corporacion SA (BME:REDE) was down 3.90% or 0.66 points to 16.26.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 150 to 60 and 15 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.07% or 24.80 to $2,338.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.51% or 0.41 to hit $81.31 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.43% or 0.36 to trade at $84.83 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.28% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.01% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 105.54.