Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 1.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5), which rose 2.24% or 0.245 points to trade at 11.170 at the close. Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) added 1.35% or 0.101 points to end at 7.573 and Acerinox (MC:ACX) was up 1.12% or 0.145 points to 13.105 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Caixabank SA (MC:CABK), which lost 4.37% or 0.143 points to trade at 3.127 in late trade. Inditex (MC:ITX) declined 3.00% or 0.990 points to end at 32.000 and International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (MC:ICAG) shed 2.82% or 0.150 points to 5.177.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 104 to 56 and 21 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.55% or 6.35 to $1165.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.94% or 1.03 to hit $51.95 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.63% or 0.91 to trade at $54.81 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.40% to 1.0666, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8395.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 100.80.