Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Telecoms & IT and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Ferrovial (MC:FER), which rose 1.98% or 0.380 points to trade at 19.540 at the close. Meanwhile, Abertis Infr (MC:ABE) added 1.33% or 0.215 points to end at 16.410 and Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) was up 0.97% or 0.235 points to 24.360 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Repsol (MC:REP), which fell 1.70% or 0.235 points to trade at 13.555 at the close. Telefonica (MC:TEF) declined 1.35% or 0.124 points to end at 9.026 and ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) was down 1.23% or 0.255 points to 20.470.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 97 to 88 and 23 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.34% or 4.18 to $1223.38 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 3.51% or 1.65 to hit $45.42 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 2.94% or 1.46 to trade at $48.15 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.1334, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8774.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 96.10.