Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 1.21%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5), which rose 2.24% or 0.245 points to trade at 11.170 at the close. Meanwhile, Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) added 1.35% or 0.101 points to end at 7.573 and Acerinox (MC:ACX) was up 1.12% or 0.145 points to 13.105 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Caixabank SA (MC:CABK), which fell 4.37% or 0.143 points to trade at 3.127 at the close. Inditex (MC:ITX) declined 3.00% or 0.990 points to end at 32.000 and International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (MC:ICAG) was down 2.82% or 0.150 points to 5.177.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 104 to 56 and 21 ended unchanged.
Shares in Acerinox (MC:ACX) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.12% or 0.145 to 13.105.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.55% or 6.35 to $1165.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.93% or 1.02 to hit $51.96 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.62% or 0.90 to trade at $54.82 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.40% to 1.0666, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8395.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 100.80.