Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 1.79%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Abertis Infr (MC:ABE), which rose 0.06% or 0.010 points to trade at 16.310 at the close. Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) fell 0.03% or 0.05 points to end at 167.95 and Ferrovial (MC:FER) was down 0.08% or 0.015 points to 19.360 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bankia (MC:BKIA), which lost 4.26% or 0.047 points to trade at 1.055 in late trade. Banco Popular (MC:POP) declined 4.16% or 0.029 points to end at 0.668 and Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) shed 3.90% or 0.169 points to 4.160.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 168 to 15 and 15 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.71% or 21.09 to $1257.49 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.97% or 0.47 to hit $49.13 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.20% or 0.62 to trade at $52.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.51% to 1.1139, while EUR/GBP rose 0.27% to 0.8602.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.57% at 97.54.