Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Building & Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Bankia SA (MC:BKIA), which rose 4.95% or 0.204 points to trade at 4.322 at the close. Meanwhile, BBVA (MC:BBVA) added 2.03% or 0.146 points to end at 7.331 and Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) was up 1.49% or 0.061 points to 4.160 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were B. Sabadell (MC:SABE), which fell 2.16% or 0.039 points to trade at 1.768 at the close. Inditex (MC:ITX) declined 1.25% or 0.460 points to end at 36.195 and Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) was down 1.20% or 0.300 points to 24.650.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 112 to 62 and 12 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.36% or 4.68 to $1292.82 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 4.73% or 2.28 to hit $45.91 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 3.81% or 1.91 to trade at $48.21 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.30% to 1.1244, while EUR/GBP fell 0.30% to 0.8708.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 96.76.