Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Building & Construction and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 1.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (MC:COL), which rose 3.01% or 0.255 points to trade at 8.740 at the close. Cie Automotive (MC:CIEA) added 2.71% or 0.600 points to end at 22.720 and Inditex (MC:ITX) was up 2.49% or 0.620 points to 25.550 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Endesa (MC:ELE), which lost 2.64% or 0.535 points to trade at 19.735 in late trade. Naturgy Energy Group SA (MC:NTGY) declined 1.22% or 0.280 points to end at 22.600 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) shed 1.13% or 0.009 points to 0.791.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 112 to 56 and 19 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.49% or 6.00 to $1227.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 3.67% or 1.96 to hit $55.39 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 2.37% or 1.48 to trade at $64.01 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.15% to 1.1387, while EUR/GBP rose 0.24% to 0.8912.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 96.615.