Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Building & Construction, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.83%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS), which rose 1.57% or 0.350 points to trade at 22.690 at the close. Meanwhile, Acerinox (MC:ACX) added 0.83% or 0.100 points to end at 12.140 and Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) was up 0.74% or 0.070 points to 9.570 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (MC:ACS), which fell 3.81% or 1.225 points to trade at 30.970 at the close. B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) declined 3.78% or 0.068 points to end at 1.732 and Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) was down 1.91% or 0.081 points to 4.150.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 126 to 49 and 14 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.44% or 5.72 to $1316.32 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.10% or 1.05 to hit $50.95 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 2.18% or 1.20 to trade at $56.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.07% to 1.2003, while EUR/GBP fell 0.42% to 0.8846.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 91.50.