Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Building & Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.68%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which rose 6.87% or 0.328 points to trade at 5.104 at the close. Meanwhile, Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) added 1.87% or 2.30 points to end at 125.25 and Mapfre (MC:MAP) was up 1.79% or 0.040 points to 2.279 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were BBVA (MC:BBVA), which fell 6.78% or 0.457 points to trade at 6.283 at the close. Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) declined 3.02% or 0.085 points to end at 2.726 and Acerinox (MC:ACX) was down 1.94% or 0.205 points to 10.365.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 102 to 98 and 20 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.87% or 2.30 to 125.25.
Gold for June delivery was up 1.20% or 14.95 to $1265.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.82% or 0.37 to hit $45.70 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.96% or 0.45 to trade at $47.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.08% to 1.1332, while EUR/GBP fell 0.27% to 0.7765.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.52% at 93.89.