Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 1.18% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Mapfre (MC:MAP), which rose 5.36% or 0.114 points to trade at 2.241 at the close. Banco Santander (MC:SAN) added 4.43% or 0.164 points to end at 3.863 and Bankia (MC:BKIA) was up 4.30% or 0.029 points to 0.704 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Acerinox (MC:ACX), which lost 1.57% or 0.180 points to trade at 11.285 in late trade. Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) declined 0.88% or 0.050 points to end at 5.649 and Iberdrola (MC:IBE) shed 0.29% or 0.018 points to 6.157.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 151 to 44 and 21 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.42% or 5.55 to $1333.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 2.40% or 1.03 to hit $41.89 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.56% or 1.16 to trade at $44.07 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.06% to 1.0992, while EUR/GBP rose 0.06% to 0.8376.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 97.30.