Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.95%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (MC:IDR), which rose 3.53% or 0.390 points to trade at 11.430 at the close. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 1.99% or 0.500 points to end at 25.640 and Amadeus IT (MC:AMA) was up 1.51% or 0.980 points to 65.680 in late trade.
Biggest losers included B. Sabadell (MC:SABE), which lost 4.19% or 0.073 points to trade at 1.671 in late trade. Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) declined 4.01% or 0.133 points to end at 3.185 and Aena SME SA (MC:AENA) shed 3.73% or 6.70 points to 172.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 119 to 64 and 22 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.01% or 0.10 to $1290.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.43% or 0.31 to hit $71.00 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $78.43 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.32% to 1.1801, while EUR/GBP fell 0.19% to 0.8748.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 93.27.