Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Consumer Goods and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.60%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Enagas (MADRID:ENAG), which rose 2.89% or 0.685 points to trade at 24.360 at the close. Meanwhile, Red Electrica Corp. (MADRID:REE) added 1.63% or 1.140 points to end at 71.060 and Gas Natural (MADRID:GAS) was up 1.42% or 0.280 points to 20.040 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Int.Airl.Grp (MADRID:ICAG), which fell 2.89% or 0.205 points to trade at 6.880 at the close. Obrascon Huarte Lain (MADRID:OHL) declined 2.74% or 0.440 points to end at 15.640 and Indra A (MADRID:IDR) was down 2.46% or 0.228 points to 9.040.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 130 to 77 and 7 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.46% or 5.40 to $1163.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.90% or 0.51 to hit $57.47 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.78% or 0.48 to trade at $62.49 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.35% to 1.1092, while EUR/GBP rose 0.37% to 0.7104.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.25% at 96.23.