Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Building & Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.87%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were BBVA (MC:BBVA), which rose 3.35% or 0.175 points to trade at 5.405 at the close. Meanwhile, Int.Airl.Grp (MC:ICAG) added 3.17% or 0.145 points to end at 4.726 and Bankia (MC:BKIA) was up 2.66% or 0.019 points to 0.733 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which fell 2.08% or 0.119 points to trade at 5.602 at the close. Acerinox (MC:ACX) declined 1.36% or 0.160 points to end at 11.570 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) was down 1.10% or 0.061 points to 5.492.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 109 to 78 and 20 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 1.13% or 15.15 to $1330.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.99% or 1.44 to hit $46.66 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.86% or 0.93 to trade at $49.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.41% to 1.1260, while EUR/GBP fell 0.69% to 0.8506.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.26% at 94.75.