Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 1.38%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5), which rose 0.23% or 0.025 points to trade at 10.665 at the close. Meanwhile, Endesa (MC:ELE) fell 0.07% or 0.015 points to end at 20.500 and Enagas (MC:ENAG) was down 0.18% or 0.045 points to 24.440 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM), which fell 2.83% or 0.380 points to trade at 13.040 at the close. Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) declined 2.35% or 0.100 points to end at 4.155 and Banco Santander (MC:SAN) was down 2.30% or 0.132 points to 5.600.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 144 to 30 and 19 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.90% or 11.50 to $1290.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.79% or 0.39 to hit $49.17 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.34% or 0.18 to trade at $52.52 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1756, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.9057.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 93.36.