Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Financial Services & Real Estate and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.50% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were B. Sabadell (MC:SABE), which rose 2.17% or 0.033 points to trade at 1.552 at the close. Endesa (MC:ELE) added 1.91% or 0.385 points to end at 20.565 and Banco Popular (MC:POP) was up 1.39% or 0.012 points to 0.875 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Acerinox (MC:ACX), which lost 1.44% or 0.195 points to trade at 13.390 in late trade. Acciona (MC:ANA) declined 1.36% or 1.010 points to end at 72.990 and Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) shed 0.80% or 0.09 points to 10.52.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 87 to 79 and 21 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.59% or 7.15 to $1208.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 3.52% or 1.87 to hit $51.27 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 3.20% or 1.79 to trade at $54.13 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.20% to 1.0545, while EUR/GBP rose 0.16% to 0.8675.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 102.11.