Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Consumer Goods and Building & Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were FCC (MADRID:FCC), which rose 4.87% or 0.456 points to trade at 9.818 at the close. Meanwhile, Tecnicas Reunidas (MADRID:TRE) added 2.70% or 1.215 points to end at 46.185 and Amadeus IT (MADRID:AMA) was up 2.27% or 0.880 points to 39.730 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MADRID:DIDA), which fell 4.45% or 0.275 points to trade at 5.906 at the close. Bankia (MADRID:BKIA) declined 2.49% or 0.031 points to end at 1.215 and Aena Aeropuertos SA (MADRID:AENA) was down 2.42% or 2.50 points to 100.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 111 to 97 and 2 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.08% or 0.90 to $1095.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.58% or 1.24 to hit $49.22 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.12% or 0.59 to trade at $53.90 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.32% to 1.1024, while EUR/GBP fell 0.39% to 0.7056.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.20% at 96.95.