Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which rose 1.66% or 0.087 points to trade at 5.341 at the close. Abertis Infr (MC:ABE) added 1.14% or 0.170 points to end at 15.130 and Acerinox (MC:ACX) was up 0.99% or 0.130 points to 13.195 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL), which lost 1.33% or 0.14 points to trade at 10.40 in late trade. BBVA (MC:BBVA) declined 1.14% or 0.083 points to end at 7.183 and Telefonica (MC:TEF) shed 0.86% or 0.090 points to 10.420.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 87 to 76 and 21 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.36% or 4.55 to $1251.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.03% or 0.98 to hit $49.35 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.87% or 0.96 to trade at $52.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.56% to 1.0753, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.8669.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 99.92.