Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Building & Construction and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which rose 2.50% or 0.189 points to trade at 7.734 at the close. Bankinter (MC:BKT) added 1.25% or 0.094 points to end at 7.619 and Acerinox (MC:ACX) was up 1.12% or 0.140 points to 12.580 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which lost 1.92% or 0.092 points to trade at 4.704 in late trade. Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) declined 1.26% or 0.17 points to end at 13.75 and Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) shed 1.22% or 0.140 points to 11.330.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 93 to 75 and 15 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.00% or 0.05 to $1212.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.89% or 0.99 to hit $51.49 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.80% or 1.00 to trade at $54.47 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.25% to 1.0685, while EUR/GBP rose 0.56% to 0.8677.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.46% at 100.72.