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 lost 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which rose 1.70% or 0.120 points to trade at 7.190 at the close. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 0.57% or 0.220 points to end at 39.010 and Inditex (MC:ITX) was up 0.47% or 0.150 points to 32.395 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA), which lost 1.78% or 2.35 points to trade at 130.00 in late trade. Banco Popular (MC:POP) declined 1.50% or 0.014 points to end at 0.920 and Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) shed 1.21% or 0.12 points to 10.21.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 90 to 74 and 27 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.04% or 0.45 to $1139.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.48% or 0.26 to hit $54.16 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.39% or 0.22 to trade at $57.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.72% to 1.0380, while EUR/GBP fell 0.36% to 0.8496.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.50% at 103.51.