Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate , Building & Construction and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.90%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME: SLRS ), which rose 1.72% or 0.11 points to trade at 6.73 at the close. Meanwhile, Corporacion Acciona Energias Renovables SA (BME: ANE ) added 0.84% or 0.15 points to end at 18.06 and Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (BME: COL ) was up 0.84% or 0.05 points to 6.02 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (BME: BBVA ), which fell 2.25% or 0.31 points to trade at 13.24 at the close. Ferrovial (BME: FER ) declined 2.17% or 1.01 points to end at 45.43 and Mapfre (BME: MAP ) was down 2.11% or 0.07 points to 3.34.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 109 to 90 and 15 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.18% or 5.95 to $3,322.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.09% or 1.27 to hit $62.16 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.70% or 1.08 to trade at $64.65 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.35% to 1.13, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.06% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 99.83.