Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which rose 2.79% or 0.905 points to trade at 33.400 at the close. Indra A (MC:IDR) added 2.29% or 0.270 points to end at 12.055 and Gas Natural (MC:GAS) was up 0.94% or 0.170 points to 18.335 in late trade.
Biggest losers included B. Sabadell (MC:SABE), which lost 1.51% or 0.018 points to trade at 1.172 in late trade. Banco Popular (MC:POP) declined 1.37% or 0.016 points to end at 1.155 and Banco Santander (MC:SAN) shed 1.31% or 0.052 points to 3.927.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 121 to 77 and 21 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.21% or 2.75 to $1326.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.43% or 1.09 to hit $43.81 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 2.17% or 1.02 to trade at $46.08 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.39% to 1.1263, while EUR/GBP rose 0.32% to 0.8531.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 95.27.