Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Building & Construction and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which rose 3.99% or 0.850 points to trade at 22.160 at the close. Meanwhile, Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) added 2.37% or 0.016 points to end at 0.690 and Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) was up 1.86% or 0.155 points to 8.510 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cie Automotive (MC:CIEA), which fell 2.51% or 0.580 points to trade at 22.560 at the close. Acciona (MC:ANA) declined 1.92% or 1.500 points to end at 76.580 and Inditex (MC:ITX) was down 1.53% or 0.400 points to 25.710.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 114 to 51 and 18 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.38% or 4.60 to $1203.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.42% or 0.79 to hit $56.48 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.60% or 1.05 to trade at $66.52 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.17% to 1.1309, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8715.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 96.88.