Spain shares lower at close of trade; IBEX 35 down 0.70%

Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Building&Construction, Telecoms&IT and Chemical, Petroleum&Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 lost 0.70%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Puig Brands SA (BME:PUIGb), which rose 9.22% or 1.80 points to trade at 21.26 at the close. Grifols SA (BME:GRLS) added 3.51% or 0.35 points to end at 10.32 and Unicaja Banco SA (BME:UNI) was up 2.20% or 0.02 points to 1.11 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Mapfre (BME:MAP), which lost 2.23% or 0.06 points to trade at 2.63 in late trade. Ferrovial (BME:FER) declined 2.22% or 0.84 points to end at 37.00 and Redeia Corporacion SA (BME:REDE) shed 1.44% or 0.24 points to 16.48.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 114 to 80 and 21 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.59% or 16.45 to $2,797.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.98% or 1.33 to hit $68.54 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.91% or 1.35 to trade at $72.08 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.35% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.53% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 103.96.