Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX), which rose 2.44% or 0.44 points to trade at 18.46 at the close. Abertis Infr (MC:ABE) added 0.21% or 0.035 points to end at 16.750 and Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) was up 0.17% or 0.040 points to 23.580 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Melia Hotels (MC:MEL), which lost 2.07% or 0.265 points to trade at 12.520 in late trade. International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) declined 1.38% or 0.093 points to end at 6.638 and Acciona (MC:ANA) shed 1.31% or 0.960 points to 72.480.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 112 to 65 and 18 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.19% or 2.39 to $1293.39 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.07% or 0.51 to hit $48.34 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.18% or 0.61 to trade at $52.48 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.35% to 1.1802, while EUR/GBP rose 0.64% to 0.9231.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 93.20.