Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Building & Construction, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.83%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS), which rose 1.57% or 0.350 points to trade at 22.690 at the close. Acerinox (MC:ACX) added 0.83% or 0.100 points to end at 12.140 and Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) was up 0.74% or 0.070 points to 9.570 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (MC:ACS), which lost 3.81% or 1.225 points to trade at 30.970 in late trade. B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) declined 3.78% or 0.068 points to end at 1.732 and Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) shed 1.91% or 0.081 points to 4.150.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 126 to 49 and 14 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.43% or 5.66 to $1316.26 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.16% or 1.08 to hit $50.98 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 2.23% or 1.23 to trade at $56.37 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.07% to 1.2003, while EUR/GBP fell 0.42% to 0.8846.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 91.50.