Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.69%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Mediaset ESP (MADRID:TL5), which rose 3.71% or 0.460 points to trade at 12.870 at the close. Meanwhile, Indra A (MADRID:IDR) added 2.70% or 0.290 points to end at 11.030 and ACS Const. (MADRID:ACS) was up 2.02% or 0.600 points to 30.290 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Acerinox (MADRID:ACX), which fell 4.07% or 0.485 points to trade at 11.435 at the close. FCC (MADRID:FCC) declined 1.79% or 0.172 points to end at 9.410 and Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek) was down 1.21% or 0.035 points to 2.859.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 130 to 80 and 8 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mediaset ESP (MADRID:TL5) rose to 5-year highs; rising 3.71% or 0.460 to 12.870.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.68% or 7.90 to $1145.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.45% or 1.30 to hit $51.74 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.97% or 1.16 to trade at $57.52 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.44% to 1.0961, while EUR/GBP fell 0.48% to 0.7008.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.44% at 97.23.