Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Building & Construction, Consumer Goods and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which rose 6.34% or 0.303 points to trade at 5.080 at the close. Meanwhile, Telefonica (MC:TEF) added 2.23% or 0.206 points to end at 9.466 and Repsol (MC:REP) was up 1.47% or 0.165 points to 11.410 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which fell 5.08% or 0.221 points to trade at 4.131 at the close. Bankinter (MC:BKT) declined 1.46% or 0.093 points to end at 6.263 and ACS Const. (MC:ACS) was down 1.38% or 0.380 points to 27.130.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 115 to 76 and 19 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.30% or 3.85 to $1271.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.52% or 0.24 to hit $45.99 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.84% or 0.40 to trade at $47.20 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.39% to 1.1382, while EUR/GBP fell 0.44% to 0.7874.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.29% at 94.07.