Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Building & Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 1.79%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Abertis Infr (MC:ABE), which rose 0.06% or 0.010 points to trade at 16.310 at the close. Meanwhile, Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) fell 0.03% or 0.05 points to end at 167.95 and Ferrovial (MC:FER) was down 0.08% or 0.015 points to 19.360 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bankia (MC:BKIA), which fell 4.26% or 0.047 points to trade at 1.055 at the close. Banco Popular (MC:POP) declined 4.16% or 0.029 points to end at 0.668 and Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) was down 3.90% or 0.169 points to 4.160.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 168 to 15 and 15 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.71% or 21.14 to $1257.54 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.99% or 0.48 to hit $49.14 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.20% or 0.62 to trade at $52.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.51% to 1.1139, while EUR/GBP rose 0.27% to 0.8602.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.57% at 97.54.