Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.60%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which rose 5.93% or 1.890 points to trade at 33.735 at the close. Meanwhile, Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) added 1.75% or 0.093 points to end at 5.424 and Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) was up 1.46% or 0.15 points to 10.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA), which fell 2.08% or 0.116 points to trade at 5.469 at the close. Banco Popular (MC:POP) declined 2.06% or 0.023 points to end at 1.093 and Indra A (MC:IDR) was down 1.67% or 0.200 points to 11.800.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 141 to 52 and 32 ended unchanged.
Shares in Banco Popular (MC:POP) fell to all time lows; falling 2.06% or 0.023 to 1.093.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.55% or 7.35 to $1323.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.10% or 0.94 to hit $45.61 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.45% or 1.14 to trade at $47.66 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.14% to 1.1201, while EUR/GBP rose 0.06% to 0.8617.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.18% at 95.52.