Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Consumer Goods and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acciona (MC:ANA), which rose 1.66% or 1.110 points to trade at 68.070 at the close. International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) added 1.60% or 0.118 points to end at 7.503 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) was up 0.68% or 0.175 points to 26.040 in late trade.
Biggest losers included B. Sabadell (MC:SABE), which lost 2.47% or 0.041 points to trade at 1.618 in late trade. Viscofan (MC:VIS) declined 2.05% or 1.035 points to end at 49.525 and Iberdrola (MC:IBE) shed 2.03% or 0.136 points to 6.578.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 123 to 46 and 19 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.15% or 1.96 to $1280.26 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.53% or 0.28 to hit $52.19 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.19% or 0.11 to trade at $58.22 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.40% to 1.1808, while EUR/GBP fell 0.51% to 0.8910.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 93.53.