Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Building & Construction, Financial Services & Real Estate and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG), which rose 2.11% or 0.144 points to trade at 6.980 at the close. Meanwhile, Naturgy Energy Group SA (MC:NTGY) added 0.40% or 0.090 points to end at 22.340 and B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) was up 0.37% or 0.004 points to 1.094 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which fell 5.40% or 0.034 points to trade at 0.595 at the close. Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) declined 2.07% or 0.124 points to end at 5.860 and Cie Automotive (MC:CIEA) was down 2.06% or 0.460 points to 21.820.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 112 to 60 and 22 ended unchanged.
Shares in Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) fell to all time lows; down 5.40% or 0.034 to 0.595.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.22% or 2.80 to $1243.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.26% or 0.14 to hit $53.39 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.32% or 0.20 to trade at $62.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.07% to 1.1351, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8908.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 96.935.