Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Telecoms & IT and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Caixabank SA (MC:CABK), which rose 2.46% or 0.057 points to trade at 2.371 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Santander (MC:SAN) added 1.02% or 0.041 points to end at 4.051 and Bankia (MC:BKIA) was up 0.94% or 0.007 points to 0.754 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (MC:ICAG), which fell 4.25% or 0.192 points to trade at 4.322 at the close. Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) declined 2.57% or 3.35 points to end at 127.20 and Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) was down 1.59% or 0.26 points to 15.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 99 to 94 and 20 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 1.01% or 12.85 to $1255.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.94% or 0.47 to hit $50.30 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.12% or 0.58 to trade at $52.44 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.38% to 1.1162, while EUR/GBP rose 0.40% to 0.8828.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.45% at 96.56.