Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Financial Services & Real Estate and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 1.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (BME:ICAG), which rose 2.28% or 0.08 points to trade at 3.50 at the close. Fluidra (BME:FLUI) added 1.33% or 0.34 points to end at 25.82 and Acerinox (BME:ACX) was up 1.29% or 0.13 points to 10.17 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Industria de Diseno Textil SA (BME:ITX), which lost 6.54% or 3.58 points to trade at 51.12 in late trade. Corporacion Acciona Energias Renovables SA (BME:ANE) declined 4.43% or 0.89 points to end at 19.21 and Acciona (BME:ANA) shed 3.26% or 3.90 points to 115.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 108 to 94 and 17 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.44% or 39.11 to $2,757.51 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.97% or 1.35 to hit $69.94 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.51% or 1.09 to trade at $73.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.20% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.12% to 0.82.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 106.25.