Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Consumer Services and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 1.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Repsol (MC:REP), which rose 4.56% or 0.692 points to trade at 15.857 at the close. Cie Automotive (MC:CIEA) added 4.08% or 0.920 points to end at 23.480 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) was up 3.75% or 0.246 points to 6.814 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which lost 3.77% or 0.026 points to trade at 0.664 in late trade. BBVA (MC:BBVA) declined 1.87% or 0.093 points to end at 4.879 and Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) shed 0.98% or 0.250 points to 25.170.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 121 to 56 and 11 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.49% or 6.00 to $1216.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $66.20 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.20% or 0.15 to trade at $76.06 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.24% to 1.1317, while EUR/GBP fell 0.64% to 0.8871.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 96.87.