Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Endesa (MADRID:ELE), which rose 1.11% or 0.188 points to trade at 17.142 at the close. Meanwhile, Grifols (MADRID:GRLS) added 0.90% or 0.330 points to end at 37.155 and Bolsas y Mercados Espanoles (MADRID:BME) was up 0.74% or 0.280 points to 38.265 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Indra A (MADRID:IDR), which fell 2.22% or 0.205 points to trade at 9.023 at the close. Arcel. Mittal (MADRID:MTS) declined 2.10% or 0.214 points to end at 9.996 and FCC (MADRID:FCC) was down 1.74% or 0.173 points to 9.761.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 105 to 95 and 6 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.12% or 1.40 to $1187.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.03% or 0.59 to hit $56.92 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.12% or 0.07 to trade at $62.13 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.11% to 1.0916, while EUR/GBP rose 0.53% to 0.7140.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.04% at 97.38.