Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Financial Services & Real Estate and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 1.99%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:SGREN), which rose 6.59% or 0.743 points to trade at 12.020 at the close. Inditex (MC:ITX) added 4.98% or 1.245 points to end at 26.255 and Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) was up 4.38% or 0.156 points to 3.720 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Melia Hotels (MC:MEL), which lost 1.98% or 0.180 points to trade at 8.930 in late trade. Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) declined 1.75% or 0.013 points to end at 0.751 and Amadeus IT (MC:AMA) shed 1.72% or 1.220 points to 69.600.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 122 to 50 and 15 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.46% or 5.60 to $1229.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.47% or 0.29 to hit $61.92 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.08% or 0.06 to trade at $72.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.32% to 1.1463, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8717.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 95.75.