Investing.com – Spain stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the IBEX 35 were Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE), which rose 4.95% or 1.135 points to trade at 24.070 at the close. Meanwhile, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (MC:GAM) added 3.32% or 0.330 points to end at 10.280 and Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) was up 1.97% or 0.205 points to 10.620 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Repsol (MC:REP), which fell 3.10% or 0.480 points to trade at 15.010 at the close. Grifols SA (MC:GRLS) declined 1.73% or 0.440 points to end at 25.000 and Enagas (MC:ENAG) was down 1.55% or 0.375 points to 23.835.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Madrid Stock Exchange by 102 to 82 and 18 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.40% or 5.19 to $1277.71 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.57% or 0.32 to hit $55.38 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.40% or 0.25 to trade at $61.96 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.03% to 1.1793, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8957.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 93.78.