Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco de Sabadell SA (BME:SABE), which rose 2.12% or 0.04 points to trade at 1.98 at the close. Caixabank SA (BME:CABK) added 1.95% or 0.10 points to end at 5.43 and Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI (BME:ROVI) was up 1.34% or 0.85 points to 64.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cellnex Telecom SA (BME:CLNX), which lost 2.71% or 0.80 points to trade at 28.72 in late trade. Corporacion Acciona Energias Renovables SA (BME:ANE) declined 2.65% or 0.50 points to end at 18.37 and Grifols SA (BME:GRLS) shed 1.89% or 0.18 points to 9.43.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 106 to 87 and 19 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.75% or 19.89 to $2,685.29 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.20% or 0.89 to hit $73.36 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.16% or 0.89 to trade at $76.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.35% to 1.03, while EUR/GBP rose 0.64% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.50% at 108.93.