Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 1.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which rose 4.78% or 1.135 points to trade at 24.885 at the close. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM) added 4.30% or 0.435 points to end at 10.560 and B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) was up 3.76% or 0.062 points to 1.711 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Indra A (MC:IDR), which lost 0.86% or 0.105 points to trade at 12.065 in late trade. Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) declined 0.68% or 0.07 points to end at 10.97 and Amadeus IT (MC:AMA) shed 0.60% or 0.370 points to 61.030.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 125 to 49 and 15 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.86% or 11.12 to $1283.78 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.95% or 1.13 to hit $56.86 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.87% or 1.18 to trade at $62.06 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.19% to 1.1863, while EUR/GBP fell 0.54% to 0.8825.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 93.09.