Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.56% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX), which rose 2.40% or 0.32 points to trade at 13.46 at the close. Meanwhile, Amadeus IT (MC:AMA) added 1.61% or 0.650 points to end at 40.950 and Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) was up 1.55% or 0.151 points to 9.874 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Caixabank SA (MC:CABK), which fell 2.42% or 0.071 points to trade at 2.867 at the close. Banco Popular (MC:POP) declined 2.29% or 0.021 points to end at 0.895 and B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) was down 2.21% or 0.029 points to 1.282.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 126 to 81 and 21 ended unchanged.
Shares in Banco Popular (MC:POP) fell to all time lows; down 2.29% or 0.021 to 0.895.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.18% or 2.15 to $1226.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.07% or 0.03 to hit $45.84 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.15% or 0.07 to trade at $46.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.20% to 1.0703, while EUR/GBP fell 0.21% to 0.8592.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 100.28.