Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Tecnicas Reunidas (MADRID:TRE), which rose 3.02% or 1.260 points to trade at 42.925 at the close. Bankia (MADRID:BKIA) added 1.48% or 0.018 points to end at 1.238 and Bankinter (MADRID:BKT) was up 1.36% or 0.094 points to 6.980 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Indra A (MADRID:IDR), which lost 4.76% or 0.462 points to trade at 9.238 in late trade. Sacyr (MADRID:SCYR) declined 1.33% or 0.056 points to end at 4.144 and Arcel. Mittal (MADRID:MTS) shed 1.13% or 0.111 points to 9.744.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 106 to 106 and 2 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 1.95% or 23.30 to $1215.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.77% or 0.47 to hit $61.22 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.41% or 0.95 to trade at $68.33 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.39% to 1.1369, while EUR/GBP rose 0.88% to 0.7219.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.15% at 93.61.