Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.79%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Bankia (MC:BKIA), which rose 3.22% or 0.033 points to trade at 1.057 at the close. Acerinox (MC:ACX) added 2.43% or 0.320 points to end at 13.495 and Caixabank SA (MC:CABK) was up 2.36% or 0.088 points to 3.816 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE), which lost 0.81% or 0.140 points to trade at 17.060 in late trade. Endesa (MC:ELE) declined 0.42% or 0.085 points to end at 20.265 and Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) shed 0.40% or 0.050 points to 12.420.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 109 to 56 and 16 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.01% or 0.10 to $1202.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.45% or 0.69 to hit $48.41 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.04% or 0.53 to trade at $51.45 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.33% to 1.0639, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.8710.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 101.30.