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 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX), which rose 2.88% or 0.66 points to trade at 23.58 at the close. Meanwhile, Iberdrola (MC:IBE) added 1.76% or 0.106 points to end at 6.134 and Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) was up 1.10% or 0.180 points to 16.520 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL), which fell 2.65% or 0.250 points to trade at 9.180 at the close. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM) declined 2.41% or 0.330 points to end at 13.350 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) was down 2.06% or 0.148 points to 7.054.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 99 to 82 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) rose to all time highs; rising 2.88% or 0.66 to 23.58.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.17% or 15.70 to $1361.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.06% or 1.35 to hit $66.86 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.51% or 1.07 to trade at $72.11 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.2380, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8717.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 89.15.