Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Consumer Goods and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which rose 3.60% or 0.043 points to trade at 1.239 at the close. Meanwhile, Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) added 3.33% or 0.078 points to end at 2.419 and Bankia (MC:BKIA) was up 2.29% or 0.016 points to 0.715 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which fell 3.31% or 0.195 points to trade at 5.688 at the close. Int.Airl.Grp (MC:ICAG) declined 1.82% or 0.087 points to end at 4.682 and Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) was down 1.12% or 1.45 points to 128.25.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 97 to 96 and 21 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.37% or 5.05 to $1351.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.73% or 0.74 to hit $42.03 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.47% or 0.66 to trade at $44.32 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.53% to 1.1174, while EUR/GBP rose 0.43% to 0.8588.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.48% at 95.60.