Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.83%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which rose 9.12% or 0.100 points to trade at 1.196 at the close. Bankia (MC:BKIA) added 3.24% or 0.023 points to end at 0.733 and Banco Santander (MC:SAN) was up 3.17% or 0.123 points to 4.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Enagas (MC:ENAG), which lost 1.62% or 0.425 points to trade at 25.785 in late trade. Inditex (MC:ITX) declined 1.58% or 0.515 points to end at 32.165 and Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) shed 1.26% or 0.245 points to 19.255.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 119 to 88 and 19 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.91% or 11.95 to $1330.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.36% or 1.04 to hit $45.09 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.79% or 0.82 to trade at $46.70 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.08% to 1.1160, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8599.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.20% at 95.78.