Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Telecoms & IT and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.53% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Int.Airl.Grp (MC:ICAG), which rose 3.37% or 0.233 points to trade at 7.145 at the close. Meanwhile, Repsol (MC:REP) added 2.33% or 0.265 points to end at 11.660 and Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) was up 1.70% or 2.05 points to 122.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bankia (MC:BKIA), which fell 3.38% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.857 at the close. Mapfre (MC:MAP) declined 2.65% or 0.061 points to end at 2.239 and Banco Popular (MC:POP) was down 2.60% or 0.066 points to 2.469.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 105 to 89 and 21 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aena Aeropuertos SA (MC:AENA) rose to all time highs; rising 1.70% or 2.05 to 122.95.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.61% or 7.55 to $1250.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.25% or 0.55 to hit $44.59 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.40% or 0.64 to trade at $46.22 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.21% to 1.1321, while EUR/GBP rose 0.43% to 0.7782.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 94.39.