Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Financial Services & Real Estate and Building & Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 rose 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Endesa (MC:ELE), which rose 3.06% or 0.560 points to trade at 18.845 at the close. Meanwhile, Viscofan (MC:VIS) added 3.02% or 1.540 points to end at 52.580 and Distribuidora Intl de Aliment (MC:DIDA) was up 2.79% or 0.110 points to 4.048 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Melia Hotels (MC:MEL), which fell 2.27% or 0.265 points to trade at 11.420 at the close. Mediaset ESP (MC:TL5) declined 1.72% or 0.161 points to end at 9.185 and Amadeus IT (MC:AMA) was down 1.23% or 0.760 points to 61.190.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 100 to 81 and 17 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.77% or 9.87 to $1291.57 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.48% or 0.84 to hit $57.67 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.62% or 0.39 to trade at $62.96 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.50% to 1.1797, while EUR/GBP rose 0.08% to 0.8871.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.55% at 93.37.