Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 1.57%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Melia Hotels (MC:MEL), which rose 0.79% or 0.090 points to trade at 11.450 at the close. Meanwhile, Amadeus IT (MC:AMA) added 0.67% or 0.460 points to end at 69.560 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) was up 0.22% or 0.060 points to 27.580 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5), which fell 4.68% or 0.334 points to trade at 6.808 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) declined 3.81% or 0.980 points to end at 24.710 and B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) was down 3.60% or 0.053 points to 1.420.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 148 to 32 and 20 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) fell to 5-year lows; losing 4.68% or 0.334 to 6.808.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.71% or 8.90 to $1246.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.25% or 1.67 to hit $72.44 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 3.27% or 2.58 to trade at $76.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.30% to 1.1709, while EUR/GBP rose 0.06% to 0.8851.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 94.19.