Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Consumer Services and Building & Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (MADRID:IDR), which rose 2.84% or 0.315 points to trade at 11.400 at the close. Meanwhile, B. Sabadell (MADRID:SABE) added 1.27% or 0.028 points to end at 2.233 and Bankia (MADRID:BKIA) was up 0.82% or 0.010 points to 1.235 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek), which fell 7.66% or 0.201 points to trade at 2.424 at the close. Repsol (MADRID:REP) declined 1.63% or 0.268 points to end at 16.122 and Obrascon Huarte Lain (MADRID:OHL) was down 1.41% or 0.260 points to 18.190.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 144 to 71 and 3 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.36% or 3.90 to $1095.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.77% or 0.38 to hit $48.81 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.29% or 0.17 to trade at $55.97 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.59% to 1.0993, while EUR/GBP rose 1.25% to 0.7086.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.37% at 97.26.