Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which rose 5.93% or 1.890 points to trade at 33.735 at the close. Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) added 1.75% or 0.093 points to end at 5.424 and Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) was up 1.46% or 0.15 points to 10.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which lost 2.08% or 0.116 points to trade at 5.469 in late trade. Banco Popular (MC:POP) declined 2.06% or 0.023 points to end at 1.093 and Indra A (MC:IDR) shed 1.67% or 0.200 points to 11.800.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 141 to 52 and 32 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.55% or 7.35 to $1323.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.04% or 0.91 to hit $45.58 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.36% or 1.10 to trade at $47.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.1202, while EUR/GBP rose 0.05% to 0.8616.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.18% at 95.52.