Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Financial Services & Real Estate and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL), which rose 2.04% or 0.180 points to trade at 8.995 at the close. Enagas (MC:ENAG) added 1.86% or 0.400 points to end at 21.950 and Abertis Infr (MC:ABE) was up 1.35% or 0.260 points to 19.520 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Acerinox (MC:ACX), which lost 2.67% or 0.325 points to trade at 11.850 in late trade. Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) declined 2.03% or 0.089 points to end at 4.301 and Indra A (MC:IDR) shed 1.33% or 0.160 points to 11.840.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 103 to 81 and 14 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.34% or 4.50 to $1339.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.12% or 0.08 to hit $64.42 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $68.53 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.23% to 1.2431, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.8756.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 88.87.