Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Consumer Services and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Endesa (MC:ELE), which rose 3.52% or 0.695 points to trade at 20.440 at the close. Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) added 2.75% or 0.141 points to end at 5.267 and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM) was up 1.74% or 0.300 points to 17.545 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bankia SA (MC:BKIA), which lost 2.56% or 0.113 points to trade at 4.300 in late trade. Mapfre (MC:MAP) declined 1.97% or 0.063 points to end at 3.139 and ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) shed 1.87% or 0.420 points to 22.050.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 94 to 79 and 19 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.31% or 3.94 to $1248.16 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.69% or 0.81 to hit $48.70 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.43% or 0.72 to trade at $50.92 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.15% to 1.1629, while EUR/GBP fell 0.34% to 0.8911.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 94.03.