Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Building & Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.83%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which rose 9.12% or 0.100 points to trade at 1.196 at the close. Meanwhile, Bankia (MC:BKIA) added 3.24% or 0.023 points to end at 0.733 and Banco Santander (MC:SAN) was up 3.17% or 0.123 points to 4.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Enagas (MC:ENAG), which fell 1.62% or 0.425 points to trade at 25.785 at the close. Inditex (MC:ITX) declined 1.58% or 0.515 points to end at 32.165 and Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) was down 1.26% or 0.245 points to 19.255.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 119 to 88 and 19 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.90% or 11.85 to $1330.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.34% or 1.03 to hit $45.08 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.77% or 0.81 to trade at $46.69 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.08% to 1.1160, while EUR/GBP rose 0.19% to 0.8600.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.20% at 95.78.