Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Gamesa (MC:GAM), which rose 2.02% or 0.370 points to trade at 18.640 at the close. Ferrovial (MC:FER) added 1.50% or 0.260 points to end at 17.540 and Indra A (MC:IDR) was up 1.02% or 0.105 points to 10.420 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Popular (MC:POP), which lost 5.82% or 0.059 points to trade at 0.954 in late trade. B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) declined 1.30% or 0.018 points to end at 1.370 and Telefonica (MC:TEF) shed 1.05% or 0.094 points to 8.831.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 94 to 71 and 16 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.01% or 0.10 to $1133.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.05% or 0.56 to hit $52.74 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.21% or 0.67 to trade at $54.68 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.43% to 1.0434, while EUR/GBP rose 0.61% to 0.8450.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.26% at 102.99.