Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.88%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Obrascon Huarte Lain (MC:OHL), which rose 4.76% or 0.241 points to trade at 5.307 at the close. Int.Airl.Grp (MC:ICAG) added 3.16% or 0.209 points to end at 6.816 and Ferrovial (MC:FER) was up 2.25% or 0.410 points to 18.625 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which lost 1.55% or 0.450 points to trade at 28.615 in late trade. Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) declined 0.88% or 0.08 points to end at 9.23 and Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) shed 0.76% or 0.032 points to 4.183.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 107 to 81 and 22 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.33% or 4.25 to $1272.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.10% or 0.53 to hit $48.84 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.77% or 0.38 to trade at $49.66 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.35% to 1.1273, while EUR/GBP fell 1.37% to 0.7716.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.21% at 94.75.