Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Consumer Goods and Building & Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.73%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Melia Hotels (MC:MEL), which rose 2.64% or 0.290 points to trade at 11.290 at the close. Meanwhile, Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) added 1.20% or 0.048 points to end at 4.037 and Enagas (MC:ENAG) was up 0.83% or 0.170 points to 20.680 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Iberdrola (MC:IBE), which fell 4.10% or 0.252 points to trade at 5.898 at the close. Acciona (MC:ANA) declined 2.13% or 1.440 points to end at 66.120 and ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (MC:ACS) was down 1.82% or 0.530 points to 28.600.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 106 to 72 and 19 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.02% or 0.20 to $1331.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.32% or 0.20 to hit $61.59 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $65.24 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.16% to 1.2317, while EUR/GBP rose 0.10% to 0.8825.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 89.80.