Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Telecoms & IT and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 1.18% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Mapfre (MC:MAP), which rose 5.36% or 0.114 points to trade at 2.241 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Santander (MC:SAN) added 4.43% or 0.164 points to end at 3.863 and Bankia (MC:BKIA) was up 4.30% or 0.029 points to 0.704 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Acerinox (MC:ACX), which fell 1.57% or 0.180 points to trade at 11.285 at the close. Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) declined 0.88% or 0.050 points to end at 5.649 and Iberdrola (MC:IBE) was down 0.29% or 0.018 points to 6.157.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 151 to 44 and 21 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.43% or 5.65 to $1333.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 2.40% or 1.03 to hit $41.89 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.59% or 1.17 to trade at $44.06 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.06% to 1.0992, while EUR/GBP rose 0.06% to 0.8376.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 97.30.