Spain stocks lower at close of trade; IBEX 35 down 1.49%

Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 1.49% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Bankinter (BME:BKT), which rose 0.81% or 0.06 points to trade at 7.51 at the close. Meanwhile, Unicaja Banco SA (BME:UNI) added 0.64% or 0.01 points to end at 1.26 and Logista (BME:LOG) was up 0.49% or 0.14 points to 28.98 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Merlin Properties SA (BME:MRL), which fell 3.13% or 0.32 points to trade at 9.76 at the close. Fluidra (BME:FLUI) declined 3.03% or 0.74 points to end at 23.70 and Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (BME:COL) was down 2.92% or 0.15 points to 4.99.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 135 to 59 and 21 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 1.72% or 45.59 to $2,607.71 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.69% or 1.19 to hit $69.39 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.79% or 0.58 to trade at $72.81 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.15% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.50% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 108.09.