Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Building & Construction and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Grifols SA (MC:GRLS), which rose 3.28% or 0.730 points to trade at 23.000 at the close. Aena SME SA (MC:AENA) added 2.39% or 3.95 points to end at 169.50 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (MC:ICAG) was up 2.23% or 0.152 points to 6.976 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which lost 2.34% or 0.600 points to trade at 25.050 in late trade. Repsol (MC:REP) declined 1.83% or 0.260 points to end at 13.980 and Inditex (MC:ITX) shed 1.16% or 0.280 points to 23.940.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 111 to 67 and 16 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.67% or 9.00 to $1326.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 2.76% or 1.73 to hit $60.87 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 2.52% or 1.66 to trade at $64.13 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.09% to 1.2393, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.8930.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 89.69.