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 fell 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX), which rose 1.65% or 0.36 points to trade at 22.18 at the close. Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) added 0.96% or 0.11 points to end at 11.56 and Acerinox (MC:ACX) was up 0.72% or 0.085 points to 11.970 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bankia SA (MC:BKIA), which lost 2.20% or 0.095 points to trade at 4.230 in late trade. Indra A (MC:IDR) declined 2.12% or 0.250 points to end at 11.570 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) shed 1.48% or 0.110 points to 7.322.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 120 to 58 and 21 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.12% or 1.60 to $1335.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.24% or 0.15 to hit $63.88 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.06% or 0.04 to trade at $69.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.20% to 1.2236, while EUR/GBP fell 0.46% to 0.8847.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 90.33.