Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.88%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Bankinter (MC:BKT), which rose 0.73% or 0.053 points to trade at 7.285 at the close. Amadeus IT (MC:AMA) added 0.40% or 0.175 points to end at 44.210 and Enagas (MC:ENAG) was up 0.17% or 0.040 points to 22.975 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA), which lost 2.94% or 4.05 points to trade at 133.70 in late trade. Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) declined 2.23% or 0.275 points to end at 12.085 and Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) shed 2.00% or 0.068 points to 3.331.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 121 to 43 and 13 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.33% or 4.05 to $1234.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.51% or 0.82 to hit $53.51 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.57% or 0.89 to trade at $55.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.17% to 1.0555, while EUR/GBP rose 0.39% to 0.8482.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 101.39.