Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which rose 1.97% or 0.520 points to trade at 26.940 at the close. Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL) added 1.95% or 0.158 points to end at 8.260 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) was up 1.69% or 0.071 points to 4.284 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BBVA (MC:BBVA), which lost 0.69% or 0.050 points to trade at 7.214 in late trade. Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) declined 0.68% or 0.065 points to end at 9.540 and Banco Santander (MC:SAN) shed 0.61% or 0.034 points to 5.560.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 97 to 89 and 19 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.26% or 3.40 to $1290.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.70% or 0.42 to hit $59.55 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.83% or 0.55 to trade at $65.91 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.35% to 1.1900, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8881.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 92.59.