Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.97%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (BME:IDR), which rose 2.79% or 0.76 points to trade at 28.02 at the close. Meanwhile, Aena SME SA (BME:AENA) added 2.69% or 5.80 points to end at 221.40 and Acciona (BME:ANA) was up 1.34% or 1.70 points to 128.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Santander (BME:SAN), which fell 3.90% or 0.25 points to trade at 6.18 at the close. Redeia Corporacion SA (BME:REDE) declined 3.65% or 0.70 points to end at 18.50 and Caixabank SA (BME:CABK) was down 3.44% or 0.24 points to 6.73.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 114 to 88 and 13 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.42% or 14.14 to $3,319.46 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 3.14% or 1.90 to hit $58.52 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 3.11% or 1.97 to trade at $61.31 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.31% to 1.14, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.14% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 99.26.