Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco de Sabadell SA (BME:SABE), which rose 2.12% or 0.04 points to trade at 1.98 at the close. Meanwhile, Caixabank SA (BME:CABK) added 1.95% or 0.10 points to end at 5.43 and Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI (BME:ROVI) was up 1.34% or 0.85 points to 64.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cellnex Telecom SA (BME:CLNX), which fell 2.71% or 0.80 points to trade at 28.72 at the close. Corporacion Acciona Energias Renovables SA (BME:ANE) declined 2.65% or 0.50 points to end at 18.37 and Grifols SA (BME:GRLS) was down 1.89% or 0.18 points to 9.43.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 106 to 87 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cellnex Telecom SA (BME:CLNX) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.71% or 0.80 to 28.72.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.74% or 19.85 to $2,685.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.16% or 0.86 to hit $73.39 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.18% or 0.91 to trade at $76.14 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.34% to 1.03, while EUR/GBP rose 0.63% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.50% at 108.92.