Spain stocks lower at close of trade; IBEX 35 down 1.68%

Spain stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 1.68%.

The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Telefonica (BME:TEF), which rose 1.51% or 0.05 points to trade at 3.43 at the close. Meanwhile, Laboratorios Farmaceuticos ROVI (BME:ROVI) added 1.46% or 0.85 points to end at 59.00 and Acciona (BME:ANA) was up 0.95% or 2.00 points to 211.60 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (BME:MTS), which fell 4.53% or 2.64 points to trade at 55.62 at the close. Caixabank SA (BME:CABK) declined 3.56% or 0.44 points to end at 11.92 and Solaria Energia Y Medio Ambiente (BME:SLRS) was down 3.51% or 0.59 points to 16.11.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 130 to 62 and 15 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.18% or 49.38 to $4,137.72 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.98% or 0.88 to hit $88.56 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.09% or 0.09 to trade at $100.49 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.60% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.17% to 0.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 102.07.