Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which rose 1.97% or 0.520 points to trade at 26.940 at the close. Meanwhile, Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL) added 1.95% or 0.158 points to end at 8.260 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) was up 1.69% or 0.071 points to 4.284 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were BBVA (MC:BBVA), which fell 0.69% or 0.050 points to trade at 7.214 at the close. Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) declined 0.68% or 0.065 points to end at 9.540 and Banco Santander (MC:SAN) was down 0.61% or 0.034 points to 5.560.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 97 to 89 and 19 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.26% or 3.40 to $1290.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.70% or 0.42 to hit $59.55 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.81% or 0.54 to trade at $65.92 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.35% to 1.1900, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8881.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 92.59.