Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Financial Services & Real Estate and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 1.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which rose 5.71% or 0.074 points to trade at 1.370 at the close. Inditex (MC:ITX) added 5.50% or 1.540 points to end at 29.520 and Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) was up 3.54% or 0.154 points to 4.505 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Abertis Infr (MC:ABE), which lost 1.09% or 0.140 points to trade at 12.660 in late trade. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) declined 0.77% or 0.195 points to end at 25.310 and Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) shed 0.71% or 0.06 points to 8.87.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 121 to 65 and 19 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.07% or 0.85 to $1287.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.66% or 0.32 to hit $48.17 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.28% or 0.64 to trade at $49.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.29% to 1.1239, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.7933.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.20% at 94.84.