Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Building & Construction, Consumer Goods and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.86%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Mapfre (MC:MAP), which rose 1.90% or 0.051 points to trade at 2.732 at the close. Meanwhile, Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 0.30% or 0.085 points to end at 28.105 and Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) was up 0.21% or 0.35 points to 162.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM), which fell 4.22% or 0.480 points to trade at 10.880 at the close. Acciona (MC:ANA) declined 3.74% or 2.580 points to end at 66.440 and ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) was down 3.36% or 0.845 points to 24.300.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 148 to 34 and 11 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.34% or 4.31 to $1288.01 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.69% or 0.39 to hit $57.20 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.61% or 0.39 to trade at $63.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.46% to 1.1648, while EUR/GBP rose 0.27% to 0.8864.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 94.37.