Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which rose 5.08% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.827 at the close. Repsol (MC:REP) added 4.30% or 0.520 points to end at 12.600 and Bankia (MC:BKIA) was up 2.31% or 0.019 points to 0.841 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which lost 4.05% or 0.182 points to trade at 4.306 in late trade. International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (MC:ICAG) declined 2.35% or 0.123 points to end at 5.119 and Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) shed 1.73% or 2.20 points to 125.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 114 to 89 and 23 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 1.26% or 15.05 to $1175.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 8.56% or 3.87 to hit $49.10 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 8.98% or 4.25 to trade at $51.57 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.55% to 1.0591, while EUR/GBP fell 0.59% to 0.8475.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.59% at 101.58.