Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Building & Construction and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX), which rose 1.23% or 0.28 points to trade at 22.96 at the close. Meanwhile, Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) added 0.42% or 0.009 points to end at 2.167 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) was up 0.93% or 0.270 points to 29.320 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS), which fell 1.70% or 0.470 points to trade at 27.250 at the close. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM) declined 1.00% or 0.120 points to end at 11.830 and Indra A (MC:IDR) was down 0.67% or 0.070 points to 10.390.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 85 to 78 and 24 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.36% or 4.40 to $1218.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.72% or 1.18 to hit $69.67 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.16% or 0.85 to trade at $74.06 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.1561, while EUR/GBP rose 0.39% to 0.8932.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 95.16.