Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.69%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX), which rose 2.44% or 0.44 points to trade at 18.46 at the close. Meanwhile, Abertis Infr (MC:ABE) added 0.21% or 0.035 points to end at 16.750 and Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) was up 0.17% or 0.040 points to 23.580 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Melia Hotels (MC:MEL), which fell 2.07% or 0.265 points to trade at 12.520 at the close. International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) declined 1.38% or 0.093 points to end at 6.638 and Acciona (MC:ANA) was down 1.31% or 0.960 points to 72.480.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 112 to 65 and 18 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.18% or 2.36 to $1293.36 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.07% or 0.51 to hit $48.34 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.16% or 0.60 to trade at $52.47 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.35% to 1.1802, while EUR/GBP rose 0.64% to 0.9231.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 93.20.