Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Building & Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Caixabank SA (MC:CABK), which rose 1.21% or 0.051 points to trade at 4.250 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Santander (MC:SAN) added 1.15% or 0.065 points to end at 5.720 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) was up 1.14% or 0.059 points to 5.224 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG), which fell 5.20% or 0.364 points to trade at 6.642 at the close. Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) declined 2.50% or 4.30 points to end at 167.65 and ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) was down 2.17% or 0.490 points to 22.070.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 108 to 65 and 17 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.30% or 3.74 to $1245.74 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.34% or 0.16 to hit $47.16 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.16% or 0.08 to trade at $49.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.02% to 1.1631, while EUR/GBP rose 1.47% to 0.8971.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.61% at 94.06.