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 0.90% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX), which rose 0.89% or 0.14 points to trade at 15.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Viscofan (MC:VIS) added 0.85% or 0.400 points to end at 47.240 and Enagas (MC:ENAG) was up 0.57% or 0.145 points to 25.665 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which fell 6.56% or 0.072 points to trade at 1.025 at the close. Bankia (MC:BKIA) declined 4.34% or 0.033 points to end at 0.728 and B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) was down 2.97% or 0.034 points to 1.111.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 133 to 65 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in Banco Popular (MC:POP) fell to all time lows; falling 6.56% or 0.072 to 1.025.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.36% or 4.55 to $1258.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.30% or 0.15 to hit $50.33 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.19% or 0.10 to trade at $51.91 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.27% to 1.1040, while EUR/GBP rose 0.06% to 0.9030.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.36% at 97.64.