Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.66%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Gamesa (MADRID:GAM), which rose 2.27% or 0.315 points to trade at 14.175 at the close. Meanwhile, Obrascon Huarte Lain (MADRID:OHL) added 1.91% or 0.370 points to end at 19.700 and Iberdrola (MADRID:IBE) was up 1.76% or 0.112 points to 6.442 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bolsas y Mercados Espanoles (MADRID:BME), which fell 1.18% or 0.480 points to trade at 40.075 at the close. Abertis Infr (MADRID:ABE) declined 0.91% or 0.150 points to end at 16.395 and Bankia (MADRID:BKIA) was down 0.82% or 0.010 points to 1.211.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 106 to 102 and 4 ended unchanged.
Shares in Gamesa (MADRID:GAM) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 2.27% or 0.315 to 14.175. Shares in Iberdrola (MADRID:IBE) rose to 5-year highs; up 1.76% or 0.112 to 6.442.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.22% or 2.70 to $1209.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.66% or 0.96 to hit $58.95 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.44% or 0.93 to trade at $64.94 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.52% to 1.1092, while EUR/GBP fell 0.70% to 0.7134.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.33% at 95.68.