Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were B. Sabadell (MC:SABE), which rose 2.90% or 0.035 points to trade at 1.243 at the close. Meanwhile, Acerinox (MC:ACX) added 2.45% or 0.275 points to end at 11.515 and Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) was up 1.86% or 0.18 points to 9.81 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Santander (MC:SAN), which fell 2.03% or 0.077 points to trade at 3.724 at the close. Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) declined 1.95% or 0.100 points to end at 5.018 and Mapfre (MC:MAP) was down 1.95% or 0.041 points to 2.064.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 101 to 94 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Acerinox (MC:ACX) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.45% or 0.275 to 11.515.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.67% or 8.95 to $1344.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 4.23% or 1.98 to hit $44.82 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 4.48% or 2.17 to trade at $46.30 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.42% to 1.1107, while EUR/GBP rose 0.98% to 0.8433.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.36% at 96.20.