Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 1.63%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Bankia (MC:BKIA), which rose 4.18% or 0.034 points to trade at 0.848 at the close. Meanwhile, Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 3.77% or 1.225 points to end at 33.750 and B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) was up 3.69% or 0.046 points to 1.294 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX), which fell 6.22% or 0.86 points to trade at 13.03 at the close. Enagas (MC:ENAG) declined 5.33% or 1.335 points to end at 23.690 and Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) was down 4.78% or 6.25 points to 124.45.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 120 to 81 and 22 ended unchanged.
Shares in Enagas (MC:ENAG) fell to 52-week lows; down 5.33% or 1.335 to 23.690.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.48% or 6.05 to $1267.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.30% or 0.59 to hit $44.68 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.10% or 0.51 to trade at $45.85 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.21% to 1.0887, while EUR/GBP fell 1.28% to 0.8681.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 98.80.