Spain's stock market finished the trading day in negative territory on Thursday, with the IBEX 35 ending the session down 1.22% in Madrid.
At close, declines were concentrated in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Building & Construction sectors, which together contributed to the overall drop in the benchmark.
Top movers
- Repsol (BME:REP) advanced 2.63% or 0.57 points to close at 22.27. The stock moved to 5-year highs during the session, finishing up 2.63% or 0.57 to 22.27.
- Endesa SA (BME:ELE) rose 1.76% or 0.60 points, ending the day at 34.76.
- Iberdrola (BME:IBE) added 1.72% or 0.33 points to finish at 19.54.
Heaviest declines
- Unicaja Banco SA (BME:UNI) fell 4.56% or 0.12 points to close at 2.47.
- Banco de Sabadell SA (BME:SABE) dropped 4.16% or 0.13 points to finish at 3.04.
- ArcelorMittal SA (BME:MTS) lost 4.10% or 2.00 points to end at 46.74.
Market breadth in Madrid was tilted toward falling stocks, with 140 issues declining versus 54 advancing and 10 finishing unchanged.
Commodities and energy benchmarks
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.91% or 46.99 to $5,132.11 a troy ounce. In energy markets, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 8.88% or 7.75 to hit $95.00 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 8.22% or 7.56 to trade at $99.54 a barrel.
Currencies and indexes
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.31% to 1.15, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.06% to 0.86. The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 99.62.
These results leave the IBEX 35 lower on the day, with energy and utility names among the few pockets of strength while several banks and industrials recorded sizable losses.