Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Int.Airl.Grp (MC:ICAG), which rose 2.49% or 0.172 points to trade at 7.070 at the close. Bankia (MC:BKIA) added 2.07% or 0.019 points to end at 0.937 and Sacyr (MC:SCYR) was up 1.82% or 0.032 points to 1.794 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Santander (MC:SAN), which lost 2.36% or 0.102 points to trade at 4.212 in late trade. Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) declined 1.47% or 0.041 points to end at 2.742 and Iberdrola (MC:IBE) shed 1.18% or 0.072 points to 6.030.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 102 to 95 and 19 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was down 0.09% or 1.10 to $1229.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 4.10% or 1.49 to hit $37.83 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 3.10% or 1.20 to trade at $39.94 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.31% to 1.1074, while EUR/GBP rose 0.11% to 0.7860.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.30% at 96.95.