Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Consumer Goods and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 1.27%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which rose 4.21% or 0.176 points to trade at 4.352 at the close. Meanwhile, Acerinox (MC:ACX) added 1.56% or 0.153 points to end at 9.955 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) was up 0.57% or 0.165 points to 28.850 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gas Natural (MC:GAS), which fell 5.53% or 0.985 points to trade at 16.835 at the close. Mapfre (MC:MAP) declined 3.05% or 0.067 points to end at 2.127 and Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) was down 2.31% or 0.23 points to 9.59.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 130 to 59 and 21 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.55% or 6.95 to $1271.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.96% or 1.32 to hit $45.98 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 3.58% or 1.63 to trade at $47.15 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.50% to 1.1429, while EUR/GBP rose 0.36% to 0.7902.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.48% at 93.77.