Spain stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum&Plastic, Consumer Services and Financial Services&Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Cie Automotive (MC:CIEA), which rose 2.32% or 0.520 points to trade at 22.980 at the close. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) added 2.03% or 0.400 points to end at 20.100 and Repsol (MC:REP) was up 2.02% or 0.300 points to 15.140 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which fell 9.24% or 0.072 points to trade at 0.704 at the close. Naturgy Energy Group SA (MC:NTGY) declined 1.81% or 0.400 points to end at 21.690 and Endesa (MC:ELE) was down 1.63% or 0.325 points to 19.645.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 99 to 71 and 20 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.06% or 0.70 to $1230.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 3.08% or 1.55 to hit $51.84 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 2.18% or 1.29 to trade at $60.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.05% to 1.1372, while EUR/GBP rose 0.45% to 0.8903.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 96.812.
