Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (MC:IDR), which rose 1.46% or 0.150 points to trade at 10.440 at the close. Meanwhile, Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) added 0.83% or 0.09 points to end at 10.29 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) was up 0.82% or 0.038 points to 4.649 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which fell 1.98% or 0.142 points to trade at 7.048 at the close. Gamesa (MC:GAM) declined 1.23% or 0.235 points to end at 18.935 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) was down 1.01% or 0.053 points to 5.173.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 84 to 77 and 24 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was up 1.37% or 15.60 to $1156.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.67% or 0.36 to hit $53.70 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.35% or 0.20 to trade at $56.76 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.62% to 1.0480, while EUR/GBP rose 0.56% to 0.8570.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.47% at 102.75.