Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Financial Services & Real Estate and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.85%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:SGREN), which rose 1.56% or 0.152 points to trade at 9.912 at the close. Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) added 1.21% or 0.14 points to end at 11.26 and Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) was up 0.66% or 0.150 points to 22.760 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which lost 15.04% or 0.150 points to trade at 0.850 in late trade. International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) declined 2.09% or 0.142 points to end at 6.652 and Indra A (MC:IDR) shed 1.86% or 0.170 points to 8.960.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 98 to 62 and 25 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.12% or 1.50 to $1229.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.56% or 1.84 to hit $70.08 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.70% or 1.38 to trade at $80.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.35% to 1.1534, while EUR/GBP rose 0.02% to 0.8780.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 95.09.