Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.66% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Arcel. Mittal (MADRID:MTS), which rose 6.84% or 0.354 points to trade at 5.531 at the close. Acerinox (MADRID:ACX) added 5.36% or 0.472 points to end at 9.283 and Gamesa (MADRID:GAM) was up 5.33% or 0.720 points to 14.230 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tecnicas Reunidas (MADRID:TRE), which lost 5.59% or 2.435 points to trade at 41.110 in late trade. Int.Airl.Grp (MADRID:ICAG) declined 4.77% or 0.378 points to end at 7.550 and Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek) shed 2.88% or 0.026 points to 0.892.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 131 to 85 and 7 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.08% or 0.90 to $1145.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.19% or 0.09 to hit $48.62 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.51% or 0.27 to trade at $52.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.24% to 1.1246, while EUR/GBP fell 0.92% to 0.7335.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 95.59.