Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 1.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acerinox (MC:ACX), which rose 2.10% or 0.210 points to trade at 10.235 at the close. Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) added 1.33% or 0.062 points to end at 4.710 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) was up 1.03% or 0.290 points to 28.485 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Santander (MC:SAN), which lost 2.45% or 0.102 points to trade at 4.058 in late trade. Banco Popular (MC:POP) declined 2.44% or 0.053 points to end at 2.124 and BBVA (MC:BBVA) shed 2.26% or 0.129 points to 5.586.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 134 to 61 and 14 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.88% or 11.35 to $1280.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.25% or 0.11 to hit $43.76 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.44% or 0.20 to trade at $44.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.05% to 1.1492, while EUR/GBP rose 0.25% to 0.7930.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.25% at 93.25.