Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Building & Construction, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Popular (MADRID:POP), which rose 2.46% or 0.107 points to trade at 4.456 at the close. Arcel. Mittal (MADRID:MTS) added 1.43% or 0.126 points to end at 8.950 and Caixabank SA (MADRID:CABK) was up 1.33% or 0.056 points to 4.276 in late trade.
Biggest losers included DIA (MADRID:DIDA), which lost 2.44% or 0.184 points to trade at 7.350 in late trade. Bolsas Y Mer (MADRID:BME) declined 1.81% or 0.775 points to end at 41.940 and Acciona (MADRID:ANA) shed 1.45% or 1.035 points to 70.365.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 144 to 61 and 5 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 1.25% or 15.00 to $1188.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.42% or 0.24 to hit $56.37 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.22% or 0.76 to trade at $62.84 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.15% to 1.0720, while EUR/GBP fell 0.76% to 0.7137.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 98.28.