Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Consumer Goods and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 1.06% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Obrascon Huarte Lain (MADRID:OHL), which rose 0.92% or 0.125 points to trade at 13.725 at the close. Red Electrica Corp. (MADRID:REE) added 0.56% or 0.410 points to end at 73.660 and Endesa (MADRID:ELE) was up 0.33% or 0.065 points to 19.515 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek), which lost 9.41% or 0.080 points to trade at 0.770 in late trade. Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MADRID:DIDA) declined 3.39% or 0.190 points to end at 5.410 and Gamesa (MADRID:GAM) shed 2.74% or 0.405 points to 14.370.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 171 to 31 and 6 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 1.13% or 12.60 to $1129.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 4.01% or 1.73 to hit $41.39 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 3.17% or 1.54 to trade at $47.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.39% to 1.1067, while EUR/GBP rose 0.43% to 0.7072.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.15% at 96.84.