Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Building & Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.76%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Amadeus IT (BME:AMA), which rose 2.48% or 1.80 points to trade at 74.46 at the close. Meanwhile, Enagas (BME:ENAG) added 1.25% or 0.16 points to end at 12.98 and Industria de Diseno Textil SA (BME:ITX) was up 0.97% or 0.45 points to 46.84 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unicaja Banco SA (BME:UNI), which fell 4.60% or 0.08 points to trade at 1.72 at the close. Caixabank SA (BME:CABK) declined 3.65% or 0.27 points to end at 7.23 and Bankinter (BME:BKT) was down 2.91% or 0.32 points to 10.51.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 115 to 75 and 22 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.14% or 4.31 to $3,045.51 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.72% or 1.15 to hit $68.06 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.67% or 1.18 to trade at $71.96 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.51% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.36% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 103.52.