Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.96% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Santander (MC:SAN), which rose 2.22% or 0.091 points to trade at 4.182 at the close. BBVA (MC:BBVA) added 1.99% or 0.117 points to end at 6.012 and Gamesa (MC:GAM) was up 1.99% or 0.415 points to 21.290 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bankia (MC:BKIA), which lost 2.23% or 0.017 points to trade at 0.744 in late trade. Ferrovial (MC:FER) declined 0.94% or 0.175 points to end at 18.470 and Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX) shed 0.90% or 0.14 points to 15.47.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 143 to 62 and 18 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.59% or 7.45 to $1270.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 3.02% or 1.52 to hit $51.81 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.50% or 1.29 to trade at $52.97 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.14% to 1.0964, while EUR/GBP rose 0.07% to 0.8933.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.04% at 97.92.