Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Consumer Goods and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were FCC (MADRID:FCC), which rose 4.87% or 0.456 points to trade at 9.818 at the close. Tecnicas Reunidas (MADRID:TRE) added 2.70% or 1.215 points to end at 46.185 and Amadeus IT (MADRID:AMA) was up 2.27% or 0.880 points to 39.730 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MADRID:DIDA), which lost 4.45% or 0.275 points to trade at 5.906 in late trade. Bankia (MADRID:BKIA) declined 2.49% or 0.031 points to end at 1.215 and Aena Aeropuertos SA (MADRID:AENA) shed 2.42% or 2.50 points to 100.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 111 to 97 and 2 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.10% or 1.10 to $1095.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.58% or 1.24 to hit $49.22 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.14% or 0.60 to trade at $53.91 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.31% to 1.1025, while EUR/GBP fell 0.38% to 0.7056.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.20% at 96.95.