Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.71%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which rose 2.93% or 0.139 points to trade at 4.886 at the close. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 1.83% or 0.510 points to end at 28.415 and Enagas (MC:ENAG) was up 1.39% or 0.380 points to 27.700 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Popular (MC:POP), which lost 3.97% or 0.059 points to trade at 1.426 in late trade. Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) declined 2.67% or 0.065 points to end at 2.365 and Obrascon Huarte Lain (MC:OHL) shed 2.62% or 0.129 points to 4.804.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 132 to 66 and 19 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 1.30% or 16.15 to $1263.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.63% or 0.82 to hit $51.18 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.89% or 0.97 to trade at $52.41 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.41% to 1.1404, while EUR/GBP rose 0.33% to 0.7836.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.37% at 93.49.