Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Building & Construction, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.60%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Acerinox (MC:ACX), which rose 3.66% or 0.390 points to trade at 11.040 at the close. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) added 2.48% or 0.545 points to end at 22.480 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) was up 2.32% or 0.127 points to 5.609 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cellnex Telecom SA (MC:CLNX), which fell 0.78% or 0.14 points to trade at 18.44 at the close. Abertis Infr (MC:ABE) declined 0.24% or 0.040 points to end at 16.780 and Enagas (MC:ENAG) was down 0.20% or 0.050 points to 24.785.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 123 to 45 and 20 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.17% or 2.22 to $1277.48 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.74% or 0.35 to hit $47.20 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.35% or 0.18 to trade at $50.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.36% to 1.1692, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.9103.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 93.99.