Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Building & Construction, Telecoms & IT and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.70%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Puig Brands SA (BME:PUIGb), which rose 9.22% or 1.80 points to trade at 21.26 at the close. Meanwhile, Grifols SA (BME:GRLS) added 3.51% or 0.35 points to end at 10.32 and Unicaja Banco SA (BME:UNI) was up 2.20% or 0.02 points to 1.11 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mapfre (BME:MAP), which fell 2.23% or 0.06 points to trade at 2.63 at the close. Ferrovial (BME:FER) declined 2.22% or 0.84 points to end at 37.00 and Redeia Corporacion SA (BME:REDE) was down 1.44% or 0.24 points to 16.48.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 114 to 80 and 21 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.60% or 16.55 to $2,797.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.99% or 1.34 to hit $68.55 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.91% or 1.35 to trade at $72.08 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.35% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.53% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 103.95.