Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Telecoms & IT and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL), which rose 1.46% or 0.135 points to trade at 9.390 at the close. Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) added 1.05% or 0.23 points to end at 22.23 and Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) was up 0.97% or 0.250 points to 25.950 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Inditex (MC:ITX), which lost 5.90% or 1.670 points to trade at 26.620 in late trade. Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) declined 1.15% or 0.026 points to end at 2.240 and Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) shed 0.99% or 0.110 points to 10.990.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 103 to 69 and 19 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.26% or 3.10 to $1211.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.98% or 0.67 to hit $69.20 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.96% or 0.73 to trade at $77.02 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.02% to 1.1698, while EUR/GBP fell 0.90% to 0.9004.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 94.56.