Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Building & Construction, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Melia Hotels (MC:MEL), which rose 1.51% or 0.170 points to trade at 11.410 at the close. Meanwhile, Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) added 1.42% or 0.048 points to end at 3.421 and Repsol (MC:REP) was up 1.00% or 0.145 points to 14.645 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS), which fell 3.60% or 0.925 points to trade at 24.730 at the close. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM) declined 2.92% or 0.385 points to end at 12.820 and Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) was down 1.46% or 0.120 points to 8.104.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 133 to 54 and 16 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.16% or 2.20 to $1339.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.36% or 0.23 to hit $63.28 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.46% or 0.31 to trade at $67.81 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.2296, while EUR/GBP rose 0.07% to 0.8734.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 89.70.