Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (MC:ICAG), which rose 6.13% or 0.274 points to trade at 4.741 at the close. BBVA (MC:BBVA) added 2.03% or 0.128 points to end at 6.430 and Gas Natural (MC:GAS) was up 1.64% or 0.290 points to 18.030 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA), which lost 2.43% or 3.30 points to trade at 132.65 in late trade. Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) declined 2.33% or 0.119 points to end at 4.992 and Banco Popular (MC:POP) shed 2.25% or 0.025 points to 1.085.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 102 to 91 and 23 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.40% or 5.05 to $1268.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.16% or 0.58 to hit $49.38 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.40% or 0.71 to trade at $50.08 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.24% to 1.0915, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8925.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 98.57.