Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which rose 4.95% or 1.135 points to trade at 24.070 at the close. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM) added 3.32% or 0.330 points to end at 10.280 and Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) was up 1.97% or 0.205 points to 10.620 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Repsol (MC:REP), which lost 3.10% or 0.480 points to trade at 15.010 in late trade. Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) declined 1.73% or 0.440 points to end at 25.000 and Enagas (MC:ENAG) shed 1.55% or 0.375 points to 23.835.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 102 to 82 and 18 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.40% or 5.18 to $1277.72 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.61% or 0.34 to hit $55.36 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.43% or 0.27 to trade at $61.94 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.03% to 1.1793, while EUR/GBP fell 0.04% to 0.8958.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 93.78.