Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.98%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA), which rose 1.69% or 3.00 points to trade at 180.80 at the close. Ferrovial (MC:FER) added 1.64% or 0.330 points to end at 20.490 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) was up 1.00% or 0.056 points to 5.670 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Acerinox (MC:ACX), which lost 2.45% or 0.295 points to trade at 11.770 in late trade. Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) declined 2.17% or 0.089 points to end at 4.010 and Banco Santander (MC:SAN) shed 2.13% or 0.129 points to 5.930.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 95 to 75 and 16 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.76% or 9.65 to $1278.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 3.66% or 1.70 to hit $44.76 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 3.59% or 1.75 to trade at $46.97 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.60% to 1.1277, while EUR/GBP rose 0.22% to 0.8807.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.56% at 96.43.