Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Financial Services & Real Estate and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 1.53%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Banco Popular (MC:POP), which rose 5.71% or 0.074 points to trade at 1.370 at the close. Meanwhile, Inditex (MC:ITX) added 5.50% or 1.540 points to end at 29.520 and Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) was up 3.54% or 0.154 points to 4.505 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Abertis Infr (MC:ABE), which fell 1.09% or 0.140 points to trade at 12.660 at the close. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) declined 0.77% or 0.195 points to end at 25.310 and Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) was down 0.71% or 0.06 points to 8.87.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 121 to 65 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Merlin Properties SA (MC:MRL) fell to 52-week lows; falling 0.71% or 0.06 to 8.87.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.07% or 0.85 to $1287.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.68% or 0.33 to hit $48.16 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.28% or 0.64 to trade at $49.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.29% to 1.1239, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.7933.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.20% at 94.84.