Spain Stock Market Overview

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

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 1.43%.

Top Performers:
– International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (BME:ICAG) rose 2.28% or 0.08 points to trade at 3.50.
– Fluidra (BME:FLUI) gained 1.33% or 0.34 points to end at 25.82.
– Acerinox (BME:ACX) increased 1.29% or 0.13 points to 10.17.

Worst Performers:
– Industria de Diseno Textil SA (BME:ITX) fell 6.54% or 3.58 points to trade at 51.12.
– Corporacion Acciona Energias Renovables SA (BME:ANE) declined 4.43% or 0.89 points to end at 19.21.
– Acciona (BME:ANA) was down 3.26% or 3.90 points to 115.60.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 108 to 94, and 17 ended unchanged.

Shares in International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (BME:ICAG) rose to 3-year highs; gaining 2.28% or 0.08 to 3.50. Shares in Fluidra (BME:FLUI) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.33% or 0.34 to 25.82.

Commodities:
– Gold Futures for February delivery increased 1.43% or 38.79 to $2,757.19 a troy ounce.
– Crude oil for January delivery rose 1.92% or 1.32 to $69.91 a barrel.
– February Brent oil contract climbed 1.47% or 1.06 to trade at $73.25 a barrel.

Currency Exchange Rates:
– EUR/USD was unchanged at 1.05.
– EUR/GBP was unchanged at 0.82.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 106.25.