Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Financial Services & Real Estate and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which rose 1.70% or 0.120 points to trade at 7.190 at the close. Meanwhile, Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 0.57% or 0.220 points to end at 39.010 and Inditex (MC:ITX) was up 0.47% or 0.150 points to 32.395 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA), which fell 1.78% or 2.35 points to trade at 130.00 at the close. Banco Popular (MC:POP) declined 1.50% or 0.014 points to end at 0.920 and Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) was down 1.21% or 0.12 points to 10.21.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 90 to 74 and 27 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 0.57% or 0.220 to 39.010.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.04% or 0.45 to $1139.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.48% or 0.26 to hit $54.16 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.39% or 0.22 to trade at $57.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.71% to 1.0381, while EUR/GBP fell 0.36% to 0.8496.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.50% at 103.51.