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 declined 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Enagas (MC:ENAG), which rose 1.34% or 0.310 points to trade at 23.425 at the close. Meanwhile, Endesa (MC:ELE) added 0.88% or 0.175 points to end at 19.970 and Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) was up 0.88% or 0.150 points to 17.250 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which fell 1.82% or 0.092 points to trade at 4.971 at the close. BBVA (MC:BBVA) declined 1.65% or 0.106 points to end at 6.314 and Banco Popular (MC:POP) was down 1.53% or 0.013 points to 0.837.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 99 to 70 and 16 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.51% or 6.25 to $1239.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.21% or 0.11 to hit $53.22 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.23% or 0.13 to trade at $55.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.54% to 1.0656, while EUR/GBP rose 0.51% to 0.8549.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 100.61.