Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT, Financial Services & Real Estate and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (MC:IDR), which rose 3.78% or 0.450 points to trade at 12.365 at the close. Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) added 1.89% or 0.166 points to end at 8.960 and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM) was up 1.88% or 0.210 points to 11.360 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Melia Hotels (MC:MEL), which lost 2.42% or 0.275 points to trade at 11.070 in late trade. International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) declined 1.97% or 0.137 points to end at 6.806 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) shed 1.68% or 0.480 points to 28.020.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 94 to 86 and 17 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.80% or 10.26 to $1286.06 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.05% or 0.60 to hit $57.80 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.27% or 0.81 to trade at $64.50 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.1590, while EUR/GBP rose 0.51% to 0.8846.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 94.78.