Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acerinox (BME:ACX), which rose 3.90% or 0.37 points to trade at 9.73 at the close. Banco Santander (BME:SAN) added 3.03% or 0.14 points to end at 4.70 and Grifols SA (BME:GRLS) was up 1.80% or 0.16 points to 9.18 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Puig Brands SA (BME:PUIGb), which lost 2.34% or 0.63 points to trade at 26.26 in late trade. Indra A (BME:IDR) declined 2.17% or 0.43 points to end at 19.38 and Cellnex Telecom SA (BME:CLNX) shed 1.58% or 0.51 points to 31.81.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 99 to 92 and 32 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.63% or 15.10 to $2,422.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.97% or 0.75 to hit $77.71 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.95% or 0.77 to trade at $81.78 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.15% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 103.96.