Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Financial Services & Real Estate and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.74%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX), which rose 1.73% or 0.35 points to trade at 20.55 at the close. Meanwhile, ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (MC:ACS) added 1.20% or 0.395 points to end at 33.450 and ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) was up 0.96% or 0.235 points to 24.660 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Melia Hotels (MC:MEL), which fell 2.87% or 0.350 points to trade at 11.850 at the close. Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL) declined 2.36% or 0.189 points to end at 7.830 and B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) was down 1.68% or 0.028 points to 1.642.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 124 to 42 and 24 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) rose to all time highs; up 1.73% or 0.35 to 20.55.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.48% or 6.12 to $1289.12 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.27% or 0.66 to hit $51.38 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.56% or 0.91 to trade at $57.24 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.41% to 1.1835, while EUR/GBP rose 0.69% to 0.8988.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 93.07.