Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.66% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Arcel. Mittal (MADRID:MTS), which rose 6.84% or 0.354 points to trade at 5.531 at the close. Meanwhile, Acerinox (MADRID:ACX) added 5.36% or 0.472 points to end at 9.283 and Gamesa (MADRID:GAM) was up 5.33% or 0.720 points to 14.230 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tecnicas Reunidas (MADRID:TRE), which fell 5.59% or 2.435 points to trade at 41.110 at the close. Int.Airl.Grp (MADRID:ICAG) declined 4.77% or 0.378 points to end at 7.550 and Abengoa B (MADRID:ABGek) was down 2.88% or 0.026 points to 0.892.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 131 to 85 and 7 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.07% or 0.80 to $1145.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.23% or 0.11 to hit $48.64 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.57% or 0.29 to trade at $52.22 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.24% to 1.1246, while EUR/GBP fell 0.92% to 0.7335.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 95.59.