Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT, Financial Services & Real Estate and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (MC:IDR), which rose 3.78% or 0.450 points to trade at 12.365 at the close. Meanwhile, Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) added 1.89% or 0.166 points to end at 8.960 and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM) was up 1.88% or 0.210 points to 11.360 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Melia Hotels (MC:MEL), which fell 2.42% or 0.275 points to trade at 11.070 at the close. International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) declined 1.97% or 0.137 points to end at 6.806 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) was down 1.68% or 0.480 points to 28.020.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 94 to 86 and 17 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.81% or 10.29 to $1286.09 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.05% or 0.60 to hit $57.80 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.27% or 0.81 to trade at $64.50 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.1590, while EUR/GBP rose 0.51% to 0.8846.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 94.78.