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Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (BME:IDR), which rose 2.62% or 0.90 points to trade at 35.20 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (BME:MTS) added 1.16% or 0.31 points to end at 26.96 and Banco de Sabadell SA (BME:SABE) was up 0.86% or 0.02 points to 2.81 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Industria de Diseno Textil SA (BME:ITX), which lost 4.41% or 2.17 points to trade at 47.04 in late trade. Amadeus IT (BME:AMA) declined 1.33% or 1.00 points to end at 74.02 and Fluidra (BME:FLUI) shed 1.25% or 0.28 points to 22.12.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 99 to 83 and 32 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.29% or 9.80 to $3,353.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.55% or 1.66 to hit $66.64 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 2.21% or 1.48 to trade at $68.35 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.53% to 1.15, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.18% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 98.61.