Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA), which rose 2.84% or 4.40 points to trade at 159.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 1.37% or 0.515 points to end at 38.140 and Bankia (MC:BKIA) was up 1.35% or 0.015 points to 1.126 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which fell 2.14% or 0.015 points to trade at 0.685 at the close. Telefonica (MC:TEF) declined 1.33% or 0.140 points to end at 10.375 and Iberdrola (MC:IBE) was down 1.24% or 0.082 points to 6.520.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 106 to 58 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) rose to all time highs; rising 2.84% or 4.40 to 159.20. Shares in Bankia (MC:BKIA) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.35% or 0.015 to 1.126.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.14% or 1.83 to $1265.37 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.36% or 0.18 to hit $49.74 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.15% or 0.08 to trade at $52.49 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.58% to 1.0871, while EUR/GBP fell 0.47% to 0.8471.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 99.13.