Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Caixabank SA (MC:CABK), which rose 3.17% or 0.071 points to trade at 2.314 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Popular (MC:POP) added 2.46% or 0.027 points to end at 1.127 and Mapfre (MC:MAP) was up 2.18% or 0.055 points to 2.576 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL), which fell 1.99% or 0.20 points to trade at 10.10 at the close. Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) declined 1.73% or 0.330 points to end at 18.700 and Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) was down 1.58% or 2.10 points to 130.55.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 99 to 92 and 31 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.34% or 4.35 to $1265.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.34% or 1.14 to hit $49.83 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.14% or 1.09 to trade at $51.96 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1202, while EUR/GBP fell 0.14% to 0.8790.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 96.17.