Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Building & Construction, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which rose 0.69% or 0.190 points to trade at 27.660 at the close. Iberdrola (MC:IBE) added 0.33% or 0.022 points to end at 6.754 and Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) was up 0.19% or 0.008 points to 4.272 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM), which lost 2.47% or 0.325 points to trade at 12.850 in late trade. Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) declined 1.70% or 0.200 points to end at 11.590 and Indra A (MC:IDR) shed 1.39% or 0.170 points to 12.060.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 116 to 57 and 23 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.19% or 15.90 to $1352.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.51% or 0.33 to hit $64.80 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.16% or 0.11 to trade at $69.85 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.73% to 1.2388, while EUR/GBP fell 0.63% to 0.8728.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.82% at 89.14.