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 lost 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE), which rose 1.84% or 0.345 points to trade at 19.070 at the close. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) added 1.77% or 0.455 points to end at 26.150 and Iberdrola (MC:IBE) was up 1.11% or 0.074 points to 6.710 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were B. Sabadell (MC:SABE), which fell 1.58% or 0.026 points to trade at 1.623 at the close. BBVA (MC:BBVA) declined 1.48% or 0.106 points to end at 7.076 and Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) was down 1.47% or 0.059 points to 3.948.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 91 to 82 and 16 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.13% or 1.60 to $1266.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.41% or 1.39 to hit $56.23 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 2.08% or 1.31 to trade at $61.55 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.27% to 1.1793, while EUR/GBP rose 0.27% to 0.8821.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 93.56.