Spain shares lower at close of trade; IBEX 35 down 0.68%

Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financial Services&Real Estate, Telecoms&IT and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.68%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (BME:ICAG), which rose 1.03% or 0.03 points to trade at 2.56 at the close. Grifols SA (BME:GRLS) added 0.61% or 0.06 points to end at 9.85 and Puig Brands SA (BME:PUIGb) was up 0.45% or 0.09 points to 18.98 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Fluidra (BME:FLUI), which lost 2.08% or 0.48 points to trade at 22.56 in late trade. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (BME:BBVA) declined 2.02% or 0.19 points to end at 9.10 and Merlin Properties SA (BME:MRL) shed 1.79% or 0.20 points to 10.97.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 119 to 82 and 20 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.56% or 14.95 to $2,706.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $70.41 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.13% or 0.10 to trade at $74.12 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.30% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.37% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 103.62.