Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Inditex (MC:ITX), which rose 2.10% or 0.520 points to trade at 25.330 at the close. Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) added 2.08% or 0.079 points to end at 3.872 and Enagas (MC:ENAG) was up 1.42% or 0.330 points to 23.510 in late trade.
Biggest losers included B. Sabadell (MC:SABE), which lost 4.94% or 0.085 points to trade at 1.637 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) declined 2.96% or 0.850 points to end at 27.840 and Amadeus IT (MC:AMA) shed 2.47% or 1.500 points to 59.180.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 120 to 61 and 23 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.71% or 9.50 to $1323.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.12% or 0.08 to hit $67.78 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.38% or 0.28 to trade at $73.58 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.43% to 1.2180, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.8737.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 90.95.