Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Consumer Services and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS), which rose 2.64% or 0.740 points to trade at 28.730 at the close. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) added 2.51% or 0.675 points to end at 27.550 and Repsol (MC:REP) was up 2.23% or 0.335 points to 15.325 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM), which lost 0.68% or 0.080 points to trade at 11.670 in late trade. Telefonica (MC:TEF) declined 0.30% or 0.025 points to end at 8.166 and Ferrovial (MC:FER) shed 0.24% or 0.045 points to 19.040.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 126 to 59 and 11 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.17% or 2.30 to $1318.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.74% or 1.05 to hit $61.42 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.56% or 1.04 to trade at $67.61 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.27% to 1.2026, while EUR/GBP rose 0.23% to 0.8893.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 91.80.