Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 1.70%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek), which rose 3.94% or 0.115 points to trade at 3.030 at the close. Int.Airl.Grp (MADRID:ICAG) added 3.14% or 0.241 points to end at 7.921 and Bankia (MADRID:BKIA) was up 2.63% or 0.031 points to 1.211 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Obrascon Huarte Lain (MADRID:OHL), which lost 3.01% or 0.565 points to trade at 18.200 in late trade. FCC (MADRID:FCC) added 0.22% or 0.022 points to end at 9.934 and Jazztel (MADRID:JAZ) gained 0.27% or 0.035 points to 12.975.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 148 to 62 and 4 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.08% or 0.90 to $1186.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.24% or 0.14 to hit $57.89 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.56% or 0.99 to trade at $62.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.09% to 1.0882, while EUR/GBP rose 0.45% to 0.7100.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 97.52.