Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL), which rose 3.14% or 0.38 points to trade at 12.50 at the close. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 1.78% or 0.460 points to end at 26.360 and Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL) was up 1.60% or 0.150 points to 9.500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cie Automotive (MC:CIEA), which lost 3.02% or 1.040 points to trade at 33.400 in late trade. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM) declined 2.20% or 0.280 points to end at 12.420 and Amadeus IT (MC:AMA) shed 2.00% or 1.440 points to 70.380.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 116 to 58 and 28 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.26% or 3.30 to $1275.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.15% or 0.10 to hit $65.00 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.16% or 0.87 to trade at $74.21 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.1589, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8783.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 94.68.