Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 1.57%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Mapfre (MC:MAP), which rose 0.83% or 0.027 points to trade at 3.287 at the close. Meanwhile, Gamesa (MC:GAM) added 0.73% or 0.150 points to end at 20.680 and Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) was up 0.49% or 0.035 points to 7.240 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which fell 6.63% or 0.056 points to trade at 0.788 at the close. Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) declined 4.32% or 0.243 points to end at 5.389 and Telefonica (MC:TEF) was down 4.02% or 0.420 points to 10.030.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 127 to 47 and 24 ended unchanged.
Shares in Gamesa (MC:GAM) rose to 5-year highs; up 0.73% or 0.150 to 20.680.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.36% or 4.39 to $1223.29 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.18% or 0.56 to hit $47.89 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.12% or 0.56 to trade at $50.78 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.0867, while EUR/GBP rose 0.51% to 0.8442.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 99.53.