Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT, Consumer Goods and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG), which rose 2.48% or 0.166 points to trade at 6.867 at the close. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) added 2.10% or 0.375 points to end at 18.220 and Acerinox (MC:ACX) was up 1.67% or 0.190 points to 11.590 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Amadeus IT (MC:AMA), which fell 1.63% or 0.890 points to trade at 53.700 at the close. Mapfre (MC:MAP) declined 1.27% or 0.040 points to end at 3.119 and Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) was down 1.05% or 1.90 points to 178.30.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 84 to 83 and 15 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.21% or 2.55 to $1246.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.29% or 0.56 to hit $42.95 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.50% or 0.69 to trade at $45.33 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.08% to 1.1143, while EUR/GBP fell 0.14% to 0.8804.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 97.38.