Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA), which rose 2.84% or 4.40 points to trade at 159.20 at the close. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 1.37% or 0.515 points to end at 38.140 and Bankia (MC:BKIA) was up 1.35% or 0.015 points to 1.126 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Popular (MC:POP), which lost 2.14% or 0.015 points to trade at 0.685 in late trade. Telefonica (MC:TEF) declined 1.33% or 0.140 points to end at 10.375 and Iberdrola (MC:IBE) shed 1.24% or 0.082 points to 6.520.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 106 to 58 and 19 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.15% or 1.84 to $1265.36 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.36% or 0.18 to hit $49.74 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.15% or 0.08 to trade at $52.49 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.58% to 1.0871, while EUR/GBP fell 0.47% to 0.8471.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 99.13.