Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Telecoms & IT and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.53% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Int.Airl.Grp (MC:ICAG), which rose 3.37% or 0.233 points to trade at 7.145 at the close. Repsol (MC:REP) added 2.33% or 0.265 points to end at 11.660 and Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) was up 1.70% or 2.05 points to 122.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bankia (MC:BKIA), which lost 3.38% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.857 in late trade. Mapfre (MC:MAP) declined 2.65% or 0.061 points to end at 2.239 and Banco Popular (MC:POP) shed 2.60% or 0.066 points to 2.469.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 105 to 89 and 21 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.59% or 7.35 to $1250.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.23% or 0.54 to hit $44.58 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.40% or 0.64 to trade at $46.22 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.21% to 1.1321, while EUR/GBP rose 0.43% to 0.7782.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 94.39.