Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Building & Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 1.29%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acerinox (MC:ACX), which rose 0.71% or 0.080 points to trade at 11.290 at the close. Meanwhile, Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL) added 0.16% or 0.01 points to end at 8.212 and Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) was up 0.05% or 0.01 points to 19.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bankia SA (MC:BKIA), which fell 2.65% or 0.116 points to trade at 4.255 at the close. BBVA (MC:BBVA) declined 2.50% or 0.198 points to end at 7.727 and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM) was down 2.26% or 0.310 points to 13.420.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 140 to 26 and 23 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.20% or 15.13 to $1277.73 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.41% or 0.20 to hit $49.37 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.61% or 0.32 to trade at $52.46 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.09% to 1.1742, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.9038.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 93.52.