Spain stocks lower at close of trade; IBEX 35 down 0.24%

Investing.com – Spain stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Financial Services & Real Estate and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 declined 0.24%.

The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI (BME:ROVI), which rose 2.23% or 1.40 points to trade at 64.10 at the close. Meanwhile, SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE (BME:SLRS) added 1.84% or 0.17 points to end at 9.13 and Merlin Properties SA (BME:MRL) was up 1.47% or 0.15 points to 10.34 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Grifols SA (BME:GRLS), which fell 9.08% or 0.97 points to trade at 9.69 at the close. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (BME:BBVA) declined 1.70% or 0.15 points to end at 8.79 and Industria de Diseno Textil SA (BME:ITX) was down 1.44% or 0.76 points to 51.90.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 122 to 79 and 20 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.67% or 17.81 to $2,664.11 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.44% or 0.30 to hit $68.47 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.48% or 0.35 to trade at $71.97 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.87% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.97% at 105.93.