Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Building & Construction, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which rose 0.69% or 0.190 points to trade at 27.660 at the close. Meanwhile, Iberdrola (MC:IBE) added 0.33% or 0.022 points to end at 6.754 and Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) was up 0.19% or 0.008 points to 4.272 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM), which fell 2.47% or 0.325 points to trade at 12.850 at the close. Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) declined 1.70% or 0.200 points to end at 11.590 and Indra A (MC:IDR) was down 1.39% or 0.170 points to 12.060.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 116 to 57 and 23 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.19% or 15.90 to $1352.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.48% or 0.31 to hit $64.78 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.19% or 0.13 to trade at $69.83 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.73% to 1.2388, while EUR/GBP fell 0.61% to 0.8729.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.81% at 89.15.