Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Consumer Goods and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which rose 3.60% or 0.043 points to trade at 1.239 at the close. Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) added 3.33% or 0.078 points to end at 2.419 and Bankia (MC:BKIA) was up 2.29% or 0.016 points to 0.715 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which lost 3.31% or 0.195 points to trade at 5.688 in late trade. Int.Airl.Grp (MC:ICAG) declined 1.82% or 0.087 points to end at 4.682 and Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) shed 1.12% or 1.45 points to 128.25.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 97 to 96 and 21 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.37% or 5.05 to $1351.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.73% or 0.74 to hit $42.03 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.49% or 0.67 to trade at $44.31 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.53% to 1.1174, while EUR/GBP rose 0.43% to 0.8588.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.48% at 95.60.