Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA), which rose 2.14% or 2.45 points to trade at 116.85 at the close. Abertis Infr (MC:ABE) added 1.79% or 0.255 points to end at 14.525 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) was up 1.79% or 0.078 points to 4.445 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Int.Airl.Grp (MC:ICAG), which lost 3.21% or 0.220 points to trade at 6.627 in late trade. B. Sabadell (MC:SABE) declined 2.38% or 0.035 points to end at 1.436 and Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) shed 1.18% or 0.120 points to 10.070.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 102 to 99 and 22 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.37% or 4.60 to $1225.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 5.15% or 1.85 to hit $37.74 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 5.20% or 1.97 to trade at $39.84 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.35% to 1.1424, while EUR/GBP rose 0.41% to 0.8072.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.31% at 94.32.