Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 0.88%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Obrascon Huarte Lain (MC:OHL), which rose 4.76% or 0.241 points to trade at 5.307 at the close. Meanwhile, Int.Airl.Grp (MC:ICAG) added 3.16% or 0.209 points to end at 6.816 and Ferrovial (MC:FER) was up 2.25% or 0.410 points to 18.625 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which fell 1.55% or 0.450 points to trade at 28.615 at the close. Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) declined 0.88% or 0.08 points to end at 9.23 and Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) was down 0.76% or 0.032 points to 4.183.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 107 to 81 and 22 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.33% or 4.25 to $1272.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.10% or 0.53 to hit $48.84 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.77% or 0.38 to trade at $49.66 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.36% to 1.1272, while EUR/GBP fell 1.37% to 0.7716.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.21% at 94.75.