Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Financial Services & Real Estate and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 1.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI (BME:ROVI), which rose 3.25% or 2.80 points to trade at 89.00 at the close. Corporacion Acciona Energias Renovables SA (BME:ANE) added 2.53% or 0.48 points to end at 19.45 and Grifols SA (BME:GRLS) was up 2.51% or 0.23 points to 9.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aena SME SA (BME:AENA), which lost 6.21% or 11.60 points to trade at 175.10 in late trade. Ferrovial (BME:FER) declined 5.16% or 2.00 points to end at 36.74 and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (BME:BBVA) shed 4.63% or 0.47 points to 9.70.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 98 to 88 and 21 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.66% or 16.25 to $2,468.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 3.56% or 2.66 to hit $77.39 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 3.04% or 2.37 to trade at $80.44 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.02% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 103.95.