Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were B. Sabadell (MC:SABE), which rose 2.90% or 0.035 points to trade at 1.243 at the close. Acerinox (MC:ACX) added 2.45% or 0.275 points to end at 11.515 and Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) was up 1.86% or 0.18 points to 9.81 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Santander (MC:SAN), which lost 2.03% or 0.077 points to trade at 3.724 in late trade. Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) declined 1.95% or 0.100 points to end at 5.018 and Mapfre (MC:MAP) shed 1.95% or 0.041 points to 2.064.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 101 to 94 and 19 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.67% or 8.95 to $1344.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 4.21% or 1.97 to hit $44.83 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 4.48% or 2.17 to trade at $46.30 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.42% to 1.1107, while EUR/GBP rose 0.98% to 0.8433.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.36% at 96.20.