Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Building & Construction, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 1.60% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Bankinter (MC:BKT), which rose 0.17% or 0.014 points to trade at 8.129 at the close. Meanwhile, Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) added 0.04% or 0.002 points to end at 5.488 and Abertis Infr (MC:ABE) was down 0.09% or 0.015 points to 16.230 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (MC:ACS), which fell 3.90% or 1.370 points to trade at 33.780 at the close. Indra A (MC:IDR) declined 2.83% or 0.365 points to end at 12.525 and Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) was down 2.69% or 0.680 points to 24.615.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 131 to 43 and 17 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.26% or 3.21 to $1245.89 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.31% or 0.14 to hit $44.88 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.13% or 0.06 to trade at $47.60 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.43% to 1.1427, while EUR/GBP fell 0.03% to 0.8798.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 95.43.