Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT, Consumer Goods and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Endesa (MC:ELE), which rose 2.32% or 0.425 points to trade at 18.755 at the close. Meanwhile, Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) added 1.08% or 1.35 points to end at 126.15 and Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) was up 0.97% or 0.093 points to 9.680 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which fell 3.21% or 0.029 points to trade at 0.873 at the close. Bankia (MC:BKIA) declined 1.96% or 0.017 points to end at 0.852 and Gas Natural (MC:GAS) was down 1.22% or 0.200 points to 16.175.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 112 to 94 and 17 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 1.84% or 22.25 to $1188.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.19% or 0.09 to hit $48.12 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.10% or 0.05 to trade at $49.17 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.59% to 1.0562, while EUR/GBP fell 0.92% to 0.8473.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.52% at 101.62.