Spain stocks lower at close of trade; IBEX 35 down 0.05%

Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate , Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Building & Construction sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.05%.

The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Merlin Properties SA (BME:MRL ), which rose 2.49% or 0.25 points to trade at 10.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (BME:COL ) added 2.46% or 0.14 points to end at 5.61 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (BME:ICAG ) was up 1.57% or 0.05 points to 2.91 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME:SLRS ), which fell 4.10% or 0.38 points to trade at 8.77 at the close. Fluidra (BME:FLUI ) declined 1.17% or 0.28 points to end at 23.68 and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (BME:BBVA ) was down 1.01% or 0.09 points to 9.23.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 103 to 95 and 18 ended unchanged.

Shares in SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME:SLRS ) fell to 3-years lows; falling 4.10% or 0.38 to 8.77.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.01% or 26.65 to $2,657.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $69.29 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $73.30 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.70% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.34% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.59% at 106.77.

Source: Investing.com