Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Consumer Goods and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.72%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX), which rose 1.24% or 0.28 points to trade at 22.79 at the close. Meanwhile, Indra A (MC:IDR) added 1.17% or 0.115 points to end at 9.975 and ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (MC:ACS) was up 1.16% or 0.430 points to 37.600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cie Automotive (MC:CIEA), which fell 3.55% or 0.960 points to trade at 26.100 at the close. Aena SME SA (MC:AENA) declined 3.00% or 4.75 points to end at 153.80 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) was down 2.36% or 0.050 points to 2.072.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 94 to 78 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (MC:ACS) rose to 5-year highs; rising 1.16% or 0.430 to 37.600. Shares in Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) fell to all time lows; down 2.36% or 0.050 to 2.072.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.29% or 3.60 to $1229.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.50% or 1.03 to hit $69.55 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.89% or 0.65 to trade at $74.09 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.09% to 1.1677, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.8883.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 94.33.