Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acerinox (BME:ACX), which rose 3.90% or 0.37 points to trade at 9.73 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Santander (BME:SAN) added 3.03% or 0.14 points to end at 4.70 and Grifols SA (BME:GRLS) was up 1.80% or 0.16 points to 9.18 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Puig Brands SA (BME:PUIGb), which fell 2.34% or 0.63 points to trade at 26.26 at the close. Indra A (BME:IDR) declined 2.17% or 0.43 points to end at 19.38 and Cellnex Telecom SA (BME:CLNX) was down 1.58% or 0.51 points to 31.81.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 99 to 92 and 32 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.63% or 15.20 to $2,422.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.99% or 0.76 to hit $77.72 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.95% or 0.77 to trade at $81.78 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.15% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 103.96.