Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.81%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Indra A (MADRID:IDR), which rose 12.88% or 1.179 points to trade at 10.335 at the close. Obrascon Huarte Lain (MADRID:OHL) added 3.18% or 0.490 points to end at 15.905 and Arcel. Mittal (MADRID:MTS) was up 2.82% or 0.223 points to 8.131 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek), which lost 3.10% or 0.086 points to trade at 2.689 in late trade. Tecnicas Reunidas (MADRID:TRE) declined 2.27% or 0.985 points to end at 42.415 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MADRID:DIDA) shed 2.26% or 0.149 points to 6.441.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 126 to 79 and 5 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.69% or 8.00 to $1160.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.80% or 0.94 to hit $51.39 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.62% or 0.35 to trade at $56.49 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.45% to 1.1062, while EUR/GBP rose 1.27% to 0.7212.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.39% at 96.50.