Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.75% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which rose 4.67% or 0.352 points to trade at 7.882 at the close. Banco Popular (MC:POP) added 3.99% or 0.038 points to end at 0.991 and Indra A (MC:IDR) was up 3.92% or 0.380 points to 10.065 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which lost 2.79% or 1.025 points to trade at 35.765 in late trade. Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) declined 2.30% or 0.395 points to end at 16.755 and Bankinter (MC:BKT) shed 1.80% or 0.134 points to 7.300.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 123 to 89 and 13 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.69% or 8.05 to $1178.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.53% or 0.78 to hit $50.15 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.09% or 0.59 to trade at $53.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.31% to 1.0751, while EUR/GBP rose 0.95% to 0.8532.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.21% at 100.30.