Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Building & Construction and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Repsol (MC:REP), which rose 4.19% or 0.655 points to trade at 16.305 at the close. Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) added 3.33% or 0.820 points to end at 25.460 and Acciona (MC:ANA) was up 2.80% or 1.800 points to 66.120 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Inditex (MC:ITX), which lost 2.32% or 0.650 points to trade at 27.400 in late trade. International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) declined 1.49% or 0.118 points to end at 7.820 and Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) shed 0.92% or 0.11 points to 11.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 128 to 57 and 18 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.12% or 1.60 to $1300.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.32% or 1.55 to hit $68.28 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 2.66% or 2.01 to trade at $77.50 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.01% to 1.1652, while EUR/GBP rose 0.80% to 0.8777.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.75% at 94.10.