Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Building & Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.71%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which rose 2.93% or 0.139 points to trade at 4.886 at the close. Meanwhile, Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 1.83% or 0.510 points to end at 28.415 and Enagas (MC:ENAG) was up 1.39% or 0.380 points to 27.700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which fell 3.97% or 0.059 points to trade at 1.426 at the close. Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) declined 2.67% or 0.065 points to end at 2.365 and Obrascon Huarte Lain (MC:OHL) was down 2.62% or 0.129 points to 4.804.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 132 to 66 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Banco Popular (MC:POP) fell to all time lows; falling 3.97% or 0.059 to 1.426.
Gold for August delivery was up 1.30% or 16.15 to $1263.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.63% or 0.82 to hit $51.18 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.91% or 0.98 to trade at $52.42 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.41% to 1.1404, while EUR/GBP rose 0.33% to 0.7836.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.37% at 93.49.