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 gained 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were B. Sabadell (MC:SABE), which rose 2.94% or 0.025 points to trade at 0.889 at the close. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (MC:MTS) added 2.74% or 0.565 points to end at 21.210 and Bankia SA (MC:BKIA) was up 2.24% or 0.056 points to 2.553 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ferrovial (MC:FER), which fell 1.26% or 0.250 points to trade at 19.520 at the close. Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) declined 1.23% or 0.290 points to end at 23.350 and ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (MC:ACS) was down 1.13% or 0.410 points to 35.800.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 89 to 79 and 21 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.22% or 2.85 to $1316.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.69% or 0.37 to hit $54.03 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.10% or 0.68 to trade at $62.66 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.31% to 1.1377, while EUR/GBP fell 0.37% to 0.8782.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 96.018.