Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Consumer Goods and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.86%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acciona (MC:ANA), which rose 3.93% or 2.360 points to trade at 62.440 at the close. Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) added 3.80% or 0.610 points to end at 16.650 and Iberdrola (MC:IBE) was up 3.67% or 0.214 points to 6.044 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5), which lost 6.58% or 0.570 points to trade at 8.092 in late trade. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) declined 2.20% or 0.540 points to end at 24.020 and ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) shed 2.02% or 0.510 points to 24.680.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 101 to 86 and 16 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.16% or 15.60 to $1326.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.73% or 1.13 to hit $64.12 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.50% or 1.04 to trade at $68.42 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.46% to 1.2346, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.8749.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.55% at 89.45.