Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Financial Services & Real Estate and Building & Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Melia Hotels (MC:MEL), which rose 7.82% or 0.880 points to trade at 12.140 at the close. Meanwhile, Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) added 3.61% or 0.41 points to end at 11.77 and Repsol (MC:REP) was up 3.48% or 0.495 points to 14.705 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grifols SA (MC:GRLS), which fell 4.93% or 1.170 points to trade at 22.580 at the close. Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) declined 2.82% or 0.114 points to end at 3.928 and Viscofan (MC:VIS) was down 2.06% or 1.100 points to 52.300.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 112 to 74 and 17 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.20% or 2.70 to $1321.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.17% or 0.74 to hit $62.27 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.44% or 0.96 to trade at $65.56 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.18% to 1.2211, while EUR/GBP rose 0.74% to 0.8860.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 90.50.