Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (MC:ICAG), which rose 6.13% or 0.274 points to trade at 4.741 at the close. Meanwhile, BBVA (MC:BBVA) added 2.03% or 0.128 points to end at 6.430 and Gas Natural (MC:GAS) was up 1.64% or 0.290 points to 18.030 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA), which fell 2.43% or 3.30 points to trade at 132.65 at the close. Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) declined 2.33% or 0.119 points to end at 4.992 and Banco Popular (MC:POP) was down 2.25% or 0.025 points to 1.085.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 102 to 91 and 23 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.40% or 5.05 to $1268.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.14% or 0.57 to hit $49.39 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.40% or 0.71 to trade at $50.08 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.24% to 1.0915, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8925.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 98.57.