Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Consumer Goods and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS), which rose 2.57% or 0.565 points to trade at 22.550 at the close. Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) added 2.29% or 3.85 points to end at 171.95 and ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (MC:ACS) was up 2.00% or 0.685 points to 35.020 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which lost 1.96% or 0.103 points to trade at 5.165 in late trade. Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) declined 0.95% or 0.042 points to end at 4.391 and Banco Santander (MC:SAN) shed 0.51% or 0.029 points to 5.655.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 122 to 50 and 11 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.09% or 1.15 to $1240.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.06% or 0.49 to hit $46.89 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.11% or 0.54 to trade at $49.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.30% to 1.1519, while EUR/GBP fell 0.26% to 0.8836.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 94.57.