Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.79% to hit a new 52-week low.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek), which rose 27.81% or 0.215 points to trade at 0.988 at the close. Meanwhile, Int.Airl.Grp (MADRID:ICAG) added 3.77% or 0.295 points to end at 8.114 and Amadeus IT (MADRID:AMA) was up 0.77% or 0.282 points to 36.737 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Arcel. Mittal (MADRID:MTS), which fell 3.28% or 0.179 points to trade at 5.278 at the close. B. Sabadell (MADRID:SABE) declined 3.16% or 0.054 points to end at 1.655 and Bankinter (MADRID:BKT) was down 3.09% or 0.201 points to 6.299.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 136 to 79 and 3 ended unchanged.
Shares in Arcel. Mittal (MADRID:MTS) fell to all time lows; falling 3.28% or 0.179 to 5.278. Shares in B. Sabadell (MADRID:SABE) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.16% or 0.054 to 1.655.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.57% or 6.40 to $1131.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.98% or 1.38 to hit $44.98 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.64% or 0.81 to trade at $48.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.45% to 1.1178, while EUR/GBP rose 1.25% to 0.7330.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 96.39.