Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Mediaset ESP (MADRID:TL5), which rose 3.71% or 0.460 points to trade at 12.870 at the close. Indra A (MADRID:IDR) added 2.70% or 0.290 points to end at 11.030 and ACS Const. (MADRID:ACS) was up 2.02% or 0.600 points to 30.290 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Acerinox (MADRID:ACX), which lost 4.07% or 0.485 points to trade at 11.435 in late trade. FCC (MADRID:FCC) declined 1.79% or 0.172 points to end at 9.410 and Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek) shed 1.21% or 0.035 points to 2.859.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 130 to 80 and 8 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.68% or 7.80 to $1145.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.38% or 1.26 to hit $51.78 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.94% or 1.14 to trade at $57.54 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.43% to 1.0962, while EUR/GBP fell 0.48% to 0.7007.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.44% at 97.23.