Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Consumer Goods and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.49% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (BME:ICAG), which rose 4.24% or 0.14 points to trade at 3.32 at the close. Merlin Properties SA (BME:MRL) added 2.24% or 0.23 points to end at 10.51 and Industria de Diseno Textil SA (BME:ITX) was up 2.04% or 1.12 points to 55.98 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ArcelorMittal SA (BME:MTS), which lost 1.38% or 0.33 points to trade at 23.62 in late trade. Logista (BME:LOG) declined 1.06% or 0.32 points to end at 29.84 and Repsol (BME:REP) shed 0.91% or 0.11 points to 11.44.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 118 to 67 and 25 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.24% or 6.49 to $2,674.39 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.94% or 0.66 to hit $69.28 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.80% or 0.59 to trade at $73.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.20% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.10% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 106.15.