Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Madrid Consumer Goods, Madrid Consumer Services and Madrid Financial Services & Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Puig Brands SA (BME:PUIGb), which rose 3.72% or 0.65 points to trade at 18.00 at the close. SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME:SLRS) added 2.06% or 0.17 points to end at 8.18 and Cellnex Telecom SA (BME:CLNX) was up 1.65% or 0.51 points to 31.49 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Caixabank SA (BME:CABK), which fell 2.40% or 0.14 points to trade at 5.53 in late trade. Industria de Diseno Textil SA (BME:ITX) declined 2.35% or 1.18 points to end at 49.10 and Unicaja Banco SA (BME:UNI) down 1.65% or 0.02 points to 1.31.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 99 to 97 and 23 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.36% or 36.84 to $2,754.64 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.42% or 1.12 to hit $77.59 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.26% or 1.03 to trade at $81.00 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.08% to 1.03, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.06% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 108.82.