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 declined 0.82%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM), which rose 3.50% or 0.390 points to trade at 11.540 at the close. Meanwhile, Viscofan (MC:VIS) added 3.33% or 1.780 points to end at 55.240 and Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) was up 0.77% or 0.17 points to 21.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which fell 1.90% or 0.080 points to trade at 4.141 at the close. Acerinox (MC:ACX) declined 1.87% or 0.220 points to end at 11.530 and Inditex (MC:ITX) was down 1.84% or 0.575 points to 30.720.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 107 to 68 and 22 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.66% or 8.30 to $1256.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.48% or 0.27 to hit $56.87 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.64% or 0.40 to trade at $62.84 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.36% to 1.1783, while EUR/GBP fell 0.50% to 0.8771.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 93.61.