Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 1.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acerinox (MC:ACX), which rose 0.71% or 0.080 points to trade at 11.290 at the close. Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL) added 0.16% or 0.01 points to end at 8.212 and Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) was up 0.05% or 0.01 points to 19.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bankia SA (MC:BKIA), which lost 2.65% or 0.116 points to trade at 4.255 in late trade. BBVA (MC:BBVA) declined 2.50% or 0.198 points to end at 7.727 and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM) shed 2.26% or 0.310 points to 13.420.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 140 to 26 and 23 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.18% or 14.93 to $1277.53 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.39% or 0.19 to hit $49.36 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.59% or 0.31 to trade at $52.45 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.09% to 1.1742, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.9038.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 93.53.