Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.02% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were B. Sabadell (MC:SABE), which rose 4.04% or 0.072 points to trade at 1.866 at the close. Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) added 2.84% or 0.117 points to end at 4.230 and Banco Santander (MC:SAN) was up 2.42% or 0.138 points to 5.840 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX), which lost 3.51% or 0.79 points to trade at 21.70 in late trade. Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL) declined 2.72% or 0.235 points to end at 8.410 and Inditex (MC:ITX) shed 2.53% or 0.750 points to 28.850.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 101 to 79 and 14 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.29% or 3.80 to $1317.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.48% or 0.30 to hit $63.26 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.07% or 0.05 to trade at $68.87 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.1958, while EUR/GBP rose 0.39% to 0.8850.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 92.03.