Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 1.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which rose 11.88% or 0.049 points to trade at 0.462 at the close. Cie Automotive (MC:CIEA) added 5.89% or 1.200 points to end at 21.560 and Banco Santander (MC:SAN) was up 3.39% or 0.132 points to 4.011 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Inditex (MC:ITX), which lost 4.86% or 1.280 points to trade at 25.050 in late trade. Aena SME SA (MC:AENA) added 0.28% or 0.40 points to end at 143.10 and Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) gained 0.48% or 0.110 points to 23.090.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 143 to 29 and 18 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.19% or 2.35 to $1249.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.99% or 0.51 to hit $52.16 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.13% or 0.68 to trade at $60.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.40% to 1.1362, while EUR/GBP fell 0.82% to 0.8989.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 97.037.