Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.81%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (MADRID:IDR), which rose 12.88% or 1.179 points to trade at 10.335 at the close. Meanwhile, Obrascon Huarte Lain (MADRID:OHL) added 3.18% or 0.490 points to end at 15.905 and Arcel. Mittal (MADRID:MTS) was up 2.82% or 0.223 points to 8.131 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek), which fell 3.10% or 0.086 points to trade at 2.689 at the close. Tecnicas Reunidas (MADRID:TRE) declined 2.27% or 0.985 points to end at 42.415 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MADRID:DIDA) was down 2.26% or 0.149 points to 6.441.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 126 to 79 and 5 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.70% or 8.10 to $1160.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.80% or 0.94 to hit $51.39 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.61% or 0.34 to trade at $56.51 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.44% to 1.1061, while EUR/GBP rose 1.27% to 0.7212.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.39% at 96.50.