Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Building & Construction, 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 Acerinox (MC:ACX), which rose 3.66% or 0.390 points to trade at 11.040 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) added 2.48% or 0.545 points to end at 22.480 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) was up 2.32% or 0.127 points to 5.609 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX), which lost 0.78% or 0.14 points to trade at 18.44 in late trade. Abertis Infr (MC:ABE) declined 0.24% or 0.040 points to end at 16.780 and Enagas (MC:ENAG) shed 0.20% or 0.050 points to 24.785.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 123 to 45 and 20 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.17% or 2.23 to $1277.47 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.74% or 0.35 to hit $47.20 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.35% or 0.18 to trade at $50.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.36% to 1.1692, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.9103.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 93.99.