Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acerinox (MC:ACX), which rose 3.24% or 0.415 points to trade at 13.240 at the close. Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) added 2.21% or 0.167 points to end at 7.717 and ACS Const. (MC:ACS) was up 1.75% or 0.525 points to 30.610 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Popular (MC:POP), which lost 4.42% or 0.043 points to trade at 0.930 in late trade. BBVA (MC:BBVA) declined 3.27% or 0.208 points to end at 6.149 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) shed 1.24% or 0.058 points to 4.634.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 86 to 75 and 18 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.04% or 0.50 to $1185.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 3.19% or 1.62 to hit $52.44 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 3.23% or 1.73 to trade at $55.37 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.23% to 1.0532, while EUR/GBP fell 0.03% to 0.8665.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 102.16.