Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Building & Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 1.59% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Naturgy Energy Group SA (BME:NTGY), which rose 1.06% or 0.22 points to trade at 21.04 at the close. Meanwhile, Endesa SA (BME:ELE) added 0.16% or 0.03 points to end at 18.41 and Iberdrola (BME:IBE) was down 0.08% or 0.01 points to 12.19 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Santander (BME:SAN), which fell 4.33% or 0.20 points to trade at 4.40 at the close. Fluidra (BME:FLUI) declined 3.72% or 0.84 points to end at 21.72 and Melia Hotels (BME:MEL) was down 2.55% or 0.20 points to 7.64.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 165 to 34 and 19 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.79% or 42.25 to $2,312.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.20% or 0.16 to hit $78.34 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.12% or 0.10 to trade at $82.50 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.56% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.21% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 104.77.