Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5), which rose 1.83% or 0.122 points to trade at 6.772 at the close. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM) added 1.49% or 0.175 points to end at 11.895 and Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) was up 1.18% or 0.130 points to 11.190 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL), which lost 1.38% or 0.17 points to trade at 12.16 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) declined 1.36% or 0.380 points to end at 27.620 and Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) shed 1.31% or 0.044 points to 3.324.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 97 to 64 and 23 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.02% or 0.20 to $1218.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 3.98% or 2.75 to hit $66.42 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 3.71% or 2.77 to trade at $71.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1594, while EUR/GBP rose 0.48% to 0.9005.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 95.07.