Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek), which rose 2.15% or 0.065 points to trade at 3.094 at the close. Meanwhile, Endesa (MADRID:ELE) added 1.88% or 0.323 points to end at 17.512 and Gamesa (MADRID:GAM) was up 1.53% or 0.220 points to 14.610 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aena Aeropuertos SA (MADRID:AENA), which fell 2.26% or 2.15 points to trade at 93.10 at the close. Arcel. Mittal (MADRID:MTS) declined 1.61% or 0.153 points to end at 9.327 and Bankia (MADRID:BKIA) was down 1.35% or 0.016 points to 1.167.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 113 to 98 and 5 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.04% or 0.50 to $1172.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.01% or 0.61 to hit $59.66 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.86% or 0.55 to trade at $62.95 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1199, while EUR/GBP fell 0.17% to 0.7120.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 95.43.