Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Building & Construction and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which rose 3.99% or 0.850 points to trade at 22.160 at the close. Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) added 2.37% or 0.016 points to end at 0.690 and Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) was up 1.86% or 0.155 points to 8.510 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cie Automotive (MC:CIEA), which lost 2.51% or 0.580 points to trade at 22.560 in late trade. Acciona (MC:ANA) declined 1.92% or 1.500 points to end at 76.580 and Inditex (MC:ITX) shed 1.53% or 0.400 points to 25.710.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 114 to 51 and 18 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.38% or 4.50 to $1203.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.42% or 0.79 to hit $56.48 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.53% or 1.00 to trade at $66.47 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.19% to 1.1311, while EUR/GBP rose 0.07% to 0.8706.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 96.87.