Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the declined 0.58%.
The best performers of the session on the were Naturgy Energy Group SA (BME:), which rose 2.15% or 0.48 points to trade at 22.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Acciona (BME:) added 1.50% or 1.70 points to end at 115.00 and Iberdrola (BME:) was up 1.46% or 0.18 points to 12.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Puig Brands SA (BME:), which fell 3.66% or 0.96 points to trade at 25.30 at the close. Banco Santander (BME:) declined 3.21% or 0.15 points to end at 4.55 and Logista (BME:) was down 2.40% or 0.66 points to 26.88.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 123 to 75 and 20 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 2.39% or 57.70 to $2,358.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.79% or 0.61 to hit $78.20 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.35% or 0.29 to trade at $82.00 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.18% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.37% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 104.04.
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