Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financial Services&Real Estate, Building&Construction and Chemical, Petroleum&Plastic sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Inditex (MC:ITX), which rose 3.32% or 0.910 points to trade at 28.360 at the close. Meanwhile, Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) added 2.44% or 0.55 points to end at 23.06 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) was up 0.90% or 0.028 points to 3.151 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Caixabank SA (MC:CABK), which fell 2.40% or 0.100 points to trade at 4.060 at the close. Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL) declined 1.47% or 0.140 points to end at 9.415 and Acerinox (MC:ACX) was down 1.44% or 0.170 points to 11.630.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 110 to 70 and 22 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.12% or 14.50 to $1304.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.14% or 0.82 to hit $71.02 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.75% or 0.60 to trade at $79.20 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.31% to 1.1732, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.8764.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 93.68.
