Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Gamesa (MC:GAM), which rose 2.02% or 0.370 points to trade at 18.640 at the close. Meanwhile, Ferrovial (MC:FER) added 1.50% or 0.260 points to end at 17.540 and Indra A (MC:IDR) was up 1.02% or 0.105 points to 10.420 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which fell 5.82% or 0.059 points to trade at 0.954 at the close. B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) declined 1.30% or 0.018 points to end at 1.370 and Telefonica (MC:TEF) was down 1.05% or 0.094 points to 8.831.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 94 to 71 and 16 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.01% or 0.10 to $1133.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.05% or 0.56 to hit $52.74 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.19% or 0.66 to trade at $54.69 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.43% to 1.0434, while EUR/GBP rose 0.61% to 0.8450.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.26% at 102.99.