Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Building & Construction and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Grifols SA (MC:GRLS), which rose 2.94% or 0.560 points to trade at 19.600 at the close. Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) added 2.21% or 0.245 points to end at 11.320 and Banco Popular (MC:POP) was up 1.03% or 0.010 points to 0.984 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE), which lost 2.11% or 0.370 points to trade at 17.200 in late trade. ACS Const. (MC:ACS) declined 1.47% or 0.450 points to end at 30.260 and Indra A (MC:IDR) shed 1.46% or 0.155 points to 10.455.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 93 to 70 and 22 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.45% or 5.25 to $1167.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.53% or 0.80 to hit $53.13 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.50% or 0.83 to trade at $56.30 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.69% to 1.0478, while EUR/GBP fell 0.01% to 0.8502.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.67% at 102.55.