Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Building & Construction and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which rose 2.15% or 0.865 points to trade at 41.075 at the close. Meanwhile, Bankia (MC:BKIA) added 1.75% or 0.021 points to end at 1.220 and Gamesa (MC:GAM) was up 1.72% or 0.233 points to 13.773 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Obrascon Huarte Lain (MC:OHL), which fell 4.02% or 0.307 points to trade at 7.338 at the close. Acerinox (MC:ACX) declined 1.51% or 0.150 points to end at 9.812 and Abengoa B (MC:ABGek) was down 1.10% or 0.010 points to 0.902.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 131 to 83 and 7 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 1.01% or 11.90 to $1165.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.16% or 1.00 to hit $45.29 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.41% or 0.69 to trade at $48.02 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1340, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.7341.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 95.03.