Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Building & Construction, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Melia Hotels (MC:MEL), which rose 1.51% or 0.170 points to trade at 11.410 at the close. Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) added 1.42% or 0.048 points to end at 3.421 and Repsol (MC:REP) was up 1.00% or 0.145 points to 14.645 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS), which lost 3.60% or 0.925 points to trade at 24.730 in late trade. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM) declined 2.92% or 0.385 points to end at 12.820 and Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) shed 1.46% or 0.120 points to 8.104.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 133 to 54 and 16 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.17% or 2.30 to $1339.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.43% or 0.27 to hit $63.24 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.51% or 0.35 to trade at $67.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.2296, while EUR/GBP rose 0.07% to 0.8734.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 89.71.