Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Building & Construction, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX), which rose 2.88% or 0.66 points to trade at 23.58 at the close. Iberdrola (MC:IBE) added 1.76% or 0.106 points to end at 6.134 and Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) was up 1.10% or 0.180 points to 16.520 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL), which lost 2.65% or 0.250 points to trade at 9.180 in late trade. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM) declined 2.41% or 0.330 points to end at 13.350 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) shed 2.06% or 0.148 points to 7.054.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 99 to 82 and 17 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.15% or 15.50 to $1361.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.03% or 1.33 to hit $66.84 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.51% or 1.07 to trade at $72.11 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.19% to 1.2379, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8717.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 89.15.