Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 1.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Repsol (MC:REP), which rose 2.99% or 0.490 points to trade at 16.905 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) added 2.70% or 0.775 points to end at 29.450 and Acerinox (MC:ACX) was up 2.40% or 0.285 points to 12.180 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which lost 0.78% or 0.022 points to trade at 2.808 in late trade. Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) declined 0.23% or 0.060 points to end at 25.820 and Mapfre (MC:MAP) shed 0.04% or 0.001 points to 2.628.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 125 to 60 and 25 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.09% or 1.20 to $1303.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.31% or 0.86 to hit $64.66 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.68% or 0.51 to trade at $74.87 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.58% to 1.1781, while EUR/GBP rose 0.38% to 0.8780.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 93.54.