Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Telecoms & IT and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 added 1.30% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS), which rose 2.56% or 0.141 points to trade at 5.650 at the close. Meanwhile, Inditex (MC:ITX) added 2.51% or 0.810 points to end at 33.105 and Telefonica (MC:TEF) was up 2.27% or 0.212 points to 9.559 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gas Natural (MC:GAS), which fell 0.80% or 0.155 points to trade at 19.160 at the close. Red Electrica Corporacion SA (MC:REE) declined 0.32% or 0.065 points to end at 19.985 and Enagas (MC:ENAG) was down 0.20% or 0.055 points to 27.105.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 139 to 49 and 27 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.48% or 6.45 to $1347.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.36% or 0.61 to hit $45.44 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.44% or 0.68 to trade at $47.94 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.21% to 1.1231, while EUR/GBP rose 0.62% to 0.8428.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.24% at 95.03.